Hello everyone, I am programmer Xiaohui.
I have a friend who joined a company after graduation and has been working for 7 years. Although he is not a partner, he can be regarded as the core backbone research and development second only to the technical partner. As a result, once the company was acquired, it was forced to graduate after changing hands.
Seven years of youth fed the dog.
Don't ask, this friend is really not myself.
Going back to the main question, let me expand this question a bit: Why are those who engage in technology always easy to be kicked out?
In my opinion, the core problem is that in China, the so-called technology of most companies can be done without anyone.
You can go to Lagou and Boss direct employment to have a look. The largest number of recruits are small companies that you have never heard of. These companies are not in the IT Internet industry at all. They may be in the education industry, real estate industry, financial industry, liquor industry Wait, in the popular saying now, they just use computer and Internet technology to "empower" their business. What are the top jobs these companies are hiring for?
Front-end development
Backend Development (CRUD)
WeChat applet development
APP development
The above four positions cover most of the IT positions required by small companies with less than 100 employees in China, and are also the positions that many IT training institutions train in batches every year.
In addition, upstream and downstream positions related to product development:
product manager
test
operation and maintenance
The above 7 positions are basically the full set of IT departments of many small companies. You can compare them with your own company to see if this is the case.
Let's look at these 7 positions. If you are the boss, do you think that if any position is left, the company will not be able to operate?
not even one.
In the early days of these companies, there may be only a dozen or even a few people. They have no money or resources, and cannot offer high salaries. At that time, as a team member, you knew computer technology, and that was a favorite, because if there were no special reasons, it would be difficult to recruit suitable people directly from the outside. The team is small, the platform is low, and the salary is low. Who wants to come? So the technicians in this period are "talents"!
But once the company scales up and the financial strength is sufficient, it is easy to recruit people who are better than you and require less money than you. At this time, if you still only know a little computer technology, as far as the boss is concerned, you It is no longer a talent, but a negative equity. It is only a matter of time before you are kicked out. Of course, with the exception of some bosses who are very affectionate, we can't overturn a whole boat with one shot.
Ten or twenty years ago, computer and software development technology was still a special skill in the hands of a few people. At that time, programmers did not have so many frameworks and wheels, and they had to do it all by themselves. They had to understand C and Data structures and algorithms, operating systems, computer networks, and even assembly language.
But now, with the emergence of various advanced programming languages, a wide range of frameworks and libraries, and even low-code, the barriers to entry for the entire industry are getting lower and lower, and programmers have changed from a computer geek to a switcher who only needs to move bricks.
What, you thought big companies would be better off?
In China, there are very few companies that really rely on technology to make profits, especially in the Internet industry where high salaries are everywhere. All of these big companies rely on the success of their business models.
Such as online shopping, such as community group buying, such as taxis, such as planting grass, such as short videos...
If there is a little technology, it is some big data computing, storage, load balancing, algorithm, security and other related technologies involved in the large amount of users and data. But other than that, most of them are ordinary front-end, back-end, and client-side development positions. Except for the aura of big companies, these positions are not fundamentally different from the above small companies. You don't naively think that you can just do algorithm research in a big factory after brushing a few Leetcodes.
Moreover, even the above-mentioned positions with a little bit of technical content, under the general trend of the overall involution of the domestic IT industry, have also become as capable as you are.
In today’s context of layoffs in large factories, as you grow older, the only aura may leave you at any time. At that time, what else will you have besides the mortgage?
Having said so much, as a technical person, it seems a little pessimistic.
But it is better to see clearly and prepare earlier than to wake up one day and get punched by the company.
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