I was on the East Coast, 2500 miles away from Silicon Valley. But we felt it out here too.
It was hard to know if you (as an internet application developer) would ever make a nice salary againn.
I don't think anybody thought that skilled and experienced internet application developers were going to be out of work forever.
It seemed clear that the internet had definitely solidified itself as a part of everyday life. There was going to be an internet, and things to do and buy on there, and people were going to have to build those things.
I think my main concern was how lucrative it was going to be. I briefly made $100K in my early 20s in the early 2000s with just a few years experience. Even at the time that didn't really seem sustainable.
When the crash hit, I soon went back to making $40 or $50K. That was nice enough money but I didn't know how far things were going to fall. Would the market be flooded with programmers? Would I eventually be making $25K as an experienced developer? Would I make $100K again someday?
It was hard to know if you (as an internet application developer) would ever make a nice salary againn.
I don't think anybody thought that skilled and experienced internet application developers were going to be out of work forever.
It seemed clear that the internet had definitely solidified itself as a part of everyday life. There was going to be an internet, and things to do and buy on there, and people were going to have to build those things.
I think my main concern was how lucrative it was going to be. I briefly made $100K in my early 20s in the early 2000s with just a few years experience. Even at the time that didn't really seem sustainable.
When the crash hit, I soon went back to making $40 or $50K. That was nice enough money but I didn't know how far things were going to fall. Would the market be flooded with programmers? Would I eventually be making $25K as an experienced developer? Would I make $100K again someday?
So I worried a little bit... not too much.
There were still jobs and they were OK enough.