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I've met a guy who went from software into being a sherpa. Taking people up the mountain for hikes. Kinda fascinating.

But this post is not representative of the state of the market. The market for tech talent is still very hard/scarce. Finding good people is very difficult. You can validate that by seeing the trend of software salaries. It's not coming down.

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One day a deer friend, and brilliant engineer, called me. He asked if he could come see me at my office in San Francisco. Surprised at what this could be I simply said yes. He arrived, we chatted. He showed me his plane ticket. He quit his job that day, and that evening he was flying abroad to become a monk. Haven't talked with him in a decade. Hope he is doing well!

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