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Thousands of Software Engineers Say the Job Market Is Getting Much Worse (www.vice.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Thousands of Software Engineers Say the Job Market Is Getting Much Worse::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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[–] [email protected] 42 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’ve met a lot of people who were boot camp developers. Did a month long class and came out during a period where everyone was hiring anyone with a pulse. Got in the job, barely produced anything, and didn’t really learn much past that. Obviously they were the first to get cut when things got sour. Now, they’re wondering why they can’t get past the tech part of the interview. I feel this might account for a lot of those numbers.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Although this surely does not completely explain the situation, I also have a feeling these sorts of hires surely account for a substantial number of layoffs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah for sure. Especially with wfh. It’s easy to fire a remote worker. It’s harder to fire them in person. A good attitude in the office does go a long way. (I’m not arguing against wfh)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As if the people making the firing decisions knew the people they fired and their "good attitude" before COVID.

This is plainly just the financial class pushing back against recent advances in wages by inducing a recession.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

In the case of a mass layoff where an entire department is cut, then yes. But often times the manager from each department is asked to provide a list of “expendable” people.