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===Job market and office equipment glut=== Layoffs of [[programmer]]s resulted in a [[general glut]] in the job market. University enrollment for computer-related degrees dropped noticeably.<ref>{{cite news |last=desJardins |first=Marie |title=The real reason U.S. students lag behind in computer science |url=https://fortune.com/2015/10/22/u-s-students-computer-science/ |work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |date=October 22, 2015 |access-date=February 10, 2020 |archive-date=March 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307184124/https://fortune.com/2015/10/22/u-s-students-computer-science/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=After the Dot-Com Bubble: Silicon Valley High-Tech Employment And Wages in 2001 and 2008 |url=https://www.bls.gov/opub/regional_reports/200908_silicon_valley_high_tech.htm |first1=Amar |last1=Mann |first2=Tony |last2=Nunes |work=[[Bureau of Labor Statistics]] |year=2009 |access-date=2017-04-14 |archive-date=2018-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116080237/https://www.bls.gov/opub/regional_reports/200908_silicon_valley_high_tech.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Aeron chair]]s, which retailed for $1,100 each, were liquidated en masse.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/21364/ | title=Remembering the Dot-Com Throne | first=Brian | last=Kennedy | work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] | date=September 15, 2006 | access-date=February 10, 2020 | archive-date=June 6, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606014117/https://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/21364/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
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