• NaibofTabr
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    7 months ago

    This is already at the point where we can replace an intern or one of the less good junior engineers.

    This is a bad thing.

    Not just because it will put the people you’re talking about out of work in the short term, but because it will prevent the next generation of developers from getting that low-level experience. They’re not “idiots”, they’re inexperienced. They need to get experience. They won’t if they’re replaced by automation.

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      7 months ago

      First a nearly unprecedented world-wide pandemic followed almost immediately by record-breaking layoffs then AI taking over the world, man it is really not a good time to start out as a newer developer. I feel so fortunate that I started working full-time as a developer nearly a decade ago.

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        7 months ago

        Dude the pandemic was amazing for devs, tech companies hiring like mad, really easy to get your foot in the door. Now, between all the layoffs and AI it is hellish

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          7 months ago

          I think it depends on where you live. Hiring didn’t go crazy where I live, but the layoffs afterwards sure did.