nixCraft 🐧Nov 9
Over 419,056 tech layoffs have occurred in the last 20 months, and software engineer/IT jobs have been hit harder. I don't know if this is correct or wrong, but the shift due to AI is real, no matter what tech CEOs say, given that all these tech giants are making record breaking profits each quarter. So, please take care of yourself. Learn new skills. Apart from learning new skills, what other skills can one learn to stay relevant in the age of AI and automation? Source https://trueup.io/layoffs
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IT industry jobs once were a sure ticket to get out of poverty and unemployment, but the golden age is now shadowed by recent developments in technology, especially driven by AI and automation. There is a massive shift underway, for sure. This is why recent grads are unable to find jobs in the tech sector. Of course, there is greed at top level to meet shareholders demands, and we all know the Magnificent 7 companies are enemies of mankind when it comes to privacy or anything else.
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Show threadToni AittoniemiNov 9
@nixCraft We’ll see about that really. It’s one thing to automate what exists and another to build genuinely new stuff. 🤔
Show threadBai ShenNov 9

@gimulnautti @nixCraft Never underestimate a managers belief that you can be replaced by a cheap alternative. Sadly, they also never see or admit that it was a bad idea.

AI is the new offshoring, unpaid interns, etc.

Show threadTravisNov 9
@nixCraft I called it YEARS ago. I saw the writing on the wall when Cisco was “dumbing down” networking by bringing Meraki’s nonsense to real networking gear. AI just ensured it’s harder to get into programming. It’s time to learn a “real” skill. I’m thinking about going to night school to learn diesel tech.
Show threadSraarsNov 9
@travis @nixCraft Curious on the Meraki nonsense. Mostly because I'm not a networking guy and only have prosumer stuff like Ubiquity.
Show threadTravisNov 9
@sraars @nixCraft I took a Meraki certification back in the day and the software will not let you shoot your self in the foot, even if you want to. Like if you’re trying to assign the port you’re using to a VLAN that has no internet, it won’t let you. Basically it won’t let you learn by being stupid. You learn a lot by being stupid. Cisco has taken the same approach by shoving “DNA” whether you use it or not. They still (thankfully) give you console access, but the writing on the wall is that Cisco is trying to make networking jobs $13/hr unskilled labor (or now, replaced by AI).
Show threadAnthony DavidNov 9

@nixCraft

IBM layoffs were legendary and brutal in the 80s. Along with HP, DEC, and more. I was RIFF'd by Amdahl, Data General(both nineties) and SGI (noughties).

Show threadGradientDescentNov 9

@nixCraft The companies on the graph are huge IT shops with massive amounts of bloat because they ride the hype cycle (to your point, the shareholders demand it both ways... hire people for what's hyped and fire those who aren't relevant).

Want a "stable" software dev job? Find a smaller privately-owned shop (not necessarily a startup) that respects their people and their work. You probably wont get to work on the bleeding edge, but you also won't get fired when the winds change.

Show threadGradientDescentNov 9
@nixCraft a stable (and lucrative) career trajectory would be to learn COBOL. Theres tons of banks, retailers, and insurance companies that are having their OG mainframe coders reach retirement age, with no plan on how to sustain their core business logic. Most undergrad programs nowadays skip COBOL, so the candidate pool is really shallow.
Show threadSara From Gaza 🍉🇵🇸Nov 9
@nixCraft We’re teaching machines to think, but forgot how to feel — maybe that’s the real crisis no one talks about