Hacker News with Generative AI: Job Market

AI layoffs start hitting a wide swath of Corporate America (qz.com)
Simplice Fosso opened Slack (CRM) in March and saw a green checkmark next to his team’s name: “✅ automation.” It was small, just an icon and a single word. But it meant his role as Head of Security Operations at a major consulting firm was gone.

Artificial Intelligence, Job Market, Technology, Business

6 points by trueduke 30 days ago | 0 comments

Is the job market for software developers collapsing? (lemire.me)
Concerns persist that artificial intelligence (AI) could render software developers obsolete, particularly with tools like GitHub Copilot and Cursor streamlining certain programming tasks.

Software Development, Artificial Intelligence, Job Market

26 points by ingve 31 days ago | 19 comments

Perks that your company grants you (miserablyemployed.com)
Congratulations, corporate prisoner. You’ve made it. After countless hours of unpaid interviews, whiteboard algorithm puzzles, and "tell me about a time you failed" performance theater, you’ve landed a job. A real one. With benefits. Perks, even. You're not just a cog in the machine anymore. You're a cog with access to a ping pong table.

Job Market, Corporate Culture, Work-Life Balance

10 points by ramijames 35 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Visualization of job openings by US based employers (jobswithgpt.com)
<h1> Job openings for US companies </h1>

Data Visualization, Job Market, United States, Programming, AI

11 points by jobswithgptcom 39 days ago | 3 comments

I'm a LinkedIn Executive. I See the Bottom Rung of the Career Ladder Breaking (nytimes.com)
There are growing signs that artificial intelligence poses a real threat to a substantial number of the entry-level jobs that normally serve as the first step for each new generation of young workers.

Artificial Intelligence, Labor Market, Employment, Job Market, Economy

12 points by mykowebhn 39 days ago | 11 comments

Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI and forced to DoorDash (yahoo.com)
AI obsolescence is “coming for basically everyone in due time,” says Shawn K, an engineer who went from earning $150k to being locked out of the workforce for over a year.

AI, Job Market, Automation, Gig Economy

5 points by namanyayg 41 days ago | 0 comments

Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI – living in a trailer (yahoo.com)
AI obsolescence is “coming for basically everyone in due time,” says Shawn K, an engineer who went from earning $150k to being locked out of the workforce for over a year.

Artificial Intelligence, Employment, Technology, Job Market

7 points by msolujic 43 days ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: What will tech employment look like in 10 years? (ycombinator.com)
What jobs will become prevalent? Which will become scarce?

Tech Industry, Job Market, Employment Trends, Predictions

79 points by ipnon 47 days ago | 104 comments

10,600 IT jobs disappeared in April (theregister.com)
The US jobs market grew faster than expected in April, but most IT pros aren’t among the beneficiaries.

Job Market, IT, Technology, Unemployment

16 points by belter 52 days ago | 4 comments

Hey, let's fire all the devs and replace them with AI (2023) (medium.com)
AI is going to get really, really good at writing code. It is also thousands of times cheaper than humans. What does this mean for the software profession?

Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, Job Market

8 points by cumo 52 days ago | 9 comments

LaidOff (laid0ff.substack.com)
The coolest place on the internet to talk about being laid off.

Job Market, Layoffs, Communities

7 points by bookofjoe 54 days ago | 3 comments

GenZ grads say college degrees a waste of time/money as AI gets into workplaces (nypost.com)
Four years of classes, thousands of dollars in tuition and one freshly minted diploma — all to be outdone by a chatbot.

Education, Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Job Market

25 points by samdung 60 days ago | 23 comments

Trust collapsing as job fears surge worldwide, warns UN (news.un.org)
Billions of people around the world are living in fear of job loss or struggling to find work, as economic instability, conflict, and climate shocks combine to erode global security, a new UN report has warned.

Economy, Global Security, Job Market, United Nations

21 points by ksec 61 days ago | 8 comments

All the job candidates are fake (sofuckingagile.com)
Hiring engineers has always been hard. For a while, as a remote first company, it was actually amazing. The world was available to you. Talented individuals were everywhere. Today everyone is fake, like live-face-swapping fake. Over half the candidates are fake in some way. I’ve pretty much given up and have fallen back to referrals only.

Hiring, Remote Work, Software Engineering, Job Market

8 points by asyncscrum 61 days ago | 2 comments

The Outlook for Programmers (cacm.acm.org)
The job market for programmers is cooling, part of the continuing impact of generative AI and large language models.

Programming, Job Market, Generative AI

46 points by pseudolus 66 days ago | 86 comments

Fake job seekers are flooding US companies that are hiring for remote positions (cnbc.com)

Remote Work, Job Market, Cybersecurity, Fraud

182 points by arizen 79 days ago | 247 comments

Ask HN: I'm an MIT senior and still unemployed – and so are most of my friends (ycombinator.com)
I'm a senior at MIT studying Course 6 (EECS), and I'm graduating soon with no job lined up. I've applied to tons of places, done interviews, built side projects, but nothing has landed—and it's not just me. A lot of my classmates, some of the smartest and hardest-working people I know, are also unemployed or under incredible stress trying to figure things out.

Job Market, MIT, College Graduates, Technology, Computer Science

215 points by MITthrow123 81 days ago | 234 comments

Ask HN: Do US engineering skills translate well to European companies? (ycombinator.com)
I currently reside in the US and am looking to move to Europe (most likely Germany) some time in the next three years. Has anybody made this journey and have some insights to share?

Software Engineering, Job Market, Europe, Germany

10 points by dandrew5 93 days ago | 20 comments

Vibe Coder – AI Engineer YC Job posting: Satire or not Satire? (ycombinator.com)
The more I read this job posting, the more I think it is satire: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/domu-technology-inc/jobs/hwWsGdU-vibe-coder-ai-engineer<p>> At least 50% of the code you write right now should be done by AI; Vibe coding experience is non-negotiable.<p>> Ready to grind long hours, including weekends<p>All of this to "Automate debt collection calls for banks". Am I out of touch here?

Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Humor, Job Market, Startups

14 points by gouthamve 96 days ago | 5 comments

It is practically impossible to find a freelance project these days (ycombinator.com)
It is practically impossible to find a freelance project these days

Freelance, Job Market, Economy

20 points by pyeri 97 days ago | 33 comments

Programmer vs. Developer: 1 in 4 programming jobs have vanished (msn.com)
More than a quarter of all computer programming jobs have vanished in the past two years, the worst downturn that industry has ever seen.

Programming, Job Market, Technology, Economy

13 points by jnord 97 days ago | 4 comments

Ask HN: Should I learn COBOL at 14yo in 2025? (ycombinator.com)
I've worked in many programming languages, but are older languages like COBOL or Fortran worth looking into? COBOL certainly has a job opportunity later on since the average age of developers is over 60, they will probably hire any young person who has learned a minimum of COBOL which is already quite rare

Programming Languages, Career Advice, Job Market, Education

21 points by Genius_um 99 days ago | 56 comments

Was Sam Altman Right About the Job Market? (theatlantic.com)
Tech companies are unleashing AI products that do much more than answer questions.

Artificial Intelligence, Job Market, Technology, Economy

12 points by petethomas 105 days ago | 5 comments

Tech leaders at Anthropic/IBM/Meta warn that AI is coming for developer jobs (fortune.com)
Tech leaders at Anthropic, IBM, and Meta warn that AI is coming for software developer jobs

Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, Job Market, Technology

5 points by unclebucknasty 106 days ago | 0 comments

A platform where you can start working with the best Ukrainian tech companies (codeua.com)

Ukraine, Technology, Job Market, Recruitment

46 points by Kizert 106 days ago | 1 comments

I quit my FAANG job because it'll be automated by the end of the year (2025) (jagilley.github.io)
Until this February, I had gainful employment at [redacted FAANG co] as a Machine Learning Engineer working on fine-tuning LLMs for language translation tasks. It was a great gig, and I enjoyed the work and my coworkers. However, taking a medium-term look at the market dynamics surrounding my employment prompted me to quit a few weeks ago. I'm now convinced that my former job there will be obsolete by the end of the year.

Artificial Intelligence, Job Market

26 points by threevox 109 days ago | 26 comments

Is the job market for software devs starting to improve? (ycombinator.com)
Are y'all receiving more messages from recruiters? I'm hearing anecdotes here and there so it'd be good to hear your experiences.

Software Development, Job Market, Recruitment

19 points by rizs12 110 days ago | 22 comments

The job market may be tougher than it looks on paper (marketplace.org)
The first jobs report of the second Donald Trump administration comes out Friday. So far, we know that weekly jobless claims dropped last week, according to data from the Labor Department, and the number of people continuing to file for unemployment benefits reached nearly a three-year high — showing it’s taking workers longer to find new jobs.

Economy, Labor Market, Job Market, Unemployment

10 points by toomuchtodo 112 days ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: Why are there so few Flutter jobs? Should I switch to React? (ycombinator.com)
Every month I search through the Who Is Hiring thread but very few (if any) Flutter jobs appear

Flutter, React, Job Market, Programming, Mobile Development

11 points by sqrg 114 days ago | 14 comments

Private employers added just 77,000 jobs in February, far below expectations (cnbc.com)

Employment, Economy, Job Market, Business

98 points by jarsin 114 days ago | 34 comments