9,388 engineers polled by Motherboard and Blind said AI will lead to less hiring. Only 6% were confident they'd get another job with the same pay.

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Software engineering job market faces increased competition and difficulty due to industry-wide downturn and the threat of artificial intelligence. Many software engineers express pessimism about finding new jobs with similar compensation. The field is no longer seen as a safe major and AI tools are starting to impact job security.

Thousands of Software Engineers Say the Job Market Is Getting Much Worse

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choose one. These 2 dont walk together

i think this way of thinking is wrong. developers always had to refocus, resharp and retrain their craft to compensate for new technologies, techniques and tools. maybe there even was a bubble… maybe things are coming back to normal.

Yeah idk, AI’s a powerful tool, not a job vacuum, so instead of this fear mentality of “ooh no, AI’s here and it’s gonna take our jobs” let’s use it to level up our dev game.

I noticed that interviews are stricter in the last 1-2 years and they ask you for more
also, recruiters don’t contact me so often on Linkedin anymore
I used to have 10 messages per week, now barely 1 or 2

Market correction. Big tech companies want to lower the salaries. I don’t think we should be worried.