My read was that the boom times won't last forever. A comment below says this seems more like 2012 vs. 2007. Well, you could just as easily say 1998 vs. 2007 --- which was the last time than anyone with any degree of technical skill could have a cushy job for the asking. And there were booms and busts before that... and in slack times, it can be hard for anyone to get any kind of tech job, regardless of qualifications.