Hacker News with Generative AI: Labor Market

Sorry, grads: Entry-level tech jobs are getting wiped out (sfstandard.com)
New graduates are being increasingly excluded from a job market that prefers automation and more seasoned workers.
Jobs, Technology, Education, Labor Market
93 points by nradov 1 day ago | 194 comments
Agent2Agent – A Technical Deep Dive into the Protocol's Core Logic (hello-jp.net)
Are you still working yourself, or does your AI Agent already make your living? Just a couple days ago the Y-Combinator backed Startup Firecrawl published a range of job ads for content generation, coding and customer support roles. Nothing special, except that only AI Agents are allowed to apply to these roles. Firecrawl is ready to pay a monthly salary of 5000 USD to the best performing agent. Yes, this is happening and it’s 2025.
AI, Automation, Labor Market
5 points by jpoersc 4 days ago | 0 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 4 days ago | 11 comments
Software engineer lost $150K-a-year job to AI – he's been forced to DoorDash (yahoo.com)
Artificial Intelligence, Employment, Technology, Labor Market
9 points by amichail 9 days ago | 1 comments
Tech hiring slows, unemployment rises, jobs report shows (computerworld.com)
Although the nation’s overall unemployment rate held steady in April, technology worker hiring slowed and unemployment rose markedly.
Technology, Employment, Labor Market, Economics
25 points by rustoo 19 days ago | 6 comments
Time saved by AI offset by new work created, study suggests (arstechnica.com)
A new study analyzing the Danish labor market in 2023 and 2024 suggests that generative AI models like ChatGPT have had almost no significant impact on overall wages or employment yet, despite rapid adoption in some workplaces.
Artificial Intelligence, Labor Market, Economics, Generative AI, Research
448 points by amichail 20 days ago | 446 comments
Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all, say economists (theregister.com)
Instead of depressing wages or taking jobs, generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini have had almost no wage or labor impact so far – a finding that calls into question the huge capital expenditures required to create and run AI models.
Generative AI, Economics, Labor Market, ChatGPT
342 points by pseudolus 24 days ago | 490 comments
Freelancers now represent more than one in four US workers (computerworld.com)
As AI integration accelerates, businesses are facing widening skills gaps that traditional employment models struggle to address, and so more companies are choosing to hire freelancers to fill the void, according to a new report.
Freelancing, Labor Market, AI, Employment, Skills Gap
5 points by dxs 28 days ago | 0 comments
Large language models, small labor market effects [pdf] (bfi.uchicago.edu)
Economics, Labor Market, Research
144 points by luu 28 days ago | 34 comments
Tech Companies Aren't Hiring Gen Z. Entry-Level Jobs Are Drying Up (businessinsider.com)
Less training for newbies. Few entry-level jobs. And AI is about to make things even worse.
Hiring, Technology, Labor Market, Generation Z, Artificial Intelligence
10 points by littlexsparkee 29 days ago | 2 comments
Over 4M Gen Zers are jobless–experts blame worthless degrees and broken promises (fortune.com)
Over 4 million Gen Zers are jobless—and experts blame colleges for ‘worthless degrees’ and a system of broken promises for the rising number NEETs
Economy, Education, Gen Z, Labor Market
11 points by amichail 58 days ago | 9 comments
The good times in tech are over (seangoedecke.com)
For most of the last decade, being a software engineer has been a lot of fun. Every company offered lots of perks, layoffs and firings were almost unheard of, and in general we were treated as special little geniuses who needed to be pampered so we could work our magic. That’s changed in the last two years.
Software Engineering, Technology Industry, Labor Market, Economy
185 points by swah 68 days ago | 252 comments
Older Americans Taking Blue-Collar Jobs, White-Collar Hiring Slowdown (businessinsider.com)
Locked out of their white-collar careers, older Americans turn to blue-collar jobs and side hustles
Labor Market, Ageism, Economy, Workforce, Retirement
19 points by wallflower 71 days ago | 7 comments
Junior Bankers Say Grunt Work Matters Even with AI Taking on the Tasks They Hate (bloomberg.com)
Wall Street firms are all in on AI, touting it as a game-changer that can minimize the repetitive, soul-crushing tasks that define junior bankers’ early careers.
Finance, Artificial Intelligence, Wall Street, Labor Market, Jobs
4 points by petethomas 77 days ago | 0 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 77 days ago | 1 comments
U.S. payroll growth totals 151,000 in February, less than expected (cnbc.com)
U.S. Economy, Employment, Labor Market
5 points by jarsin 77 days ago | 0 comments
Artificial Intelligence and the Labor Market [pdf] (nber.org)
Artificial Intelligence, Labor Market, Economics
33 points by pedrodelfino 82 days ago | 2 comments
The Job Market Is Frozen (theatlantic.com)
Unemployment is low, but workers aren’t quitting and businesses aren’t hiring. What’s going on?
Economy, Labor Market, Job Market
87 points by aarghh 86 days ago | 61 comments
The Job Market Is Frozen (theatlantic.com)
Unemployment is low, but workers aren’t quitting and businesses aren’t hiring. What’s going on?
Economy, Labor Market, Employment
15 points by petethomas 86 days ago | 0 comments
What are non intelligent people like me supposed to do for money? (reddit.com)
Since the cost of living has surpassed most labor jobs wages and they don't seem to be moving anytime soon. What are people like me who aren't book smart or computer smart supposed to do?
Economics, Labor Market, Social Inequality
53 points by carabiner 102 days ago | 88 comments
Tell HN: Title: The UC Berkeley Job Market Meltdown–What No One Wants to Admit (ycombinator.com)
I work in administration at UC Berkeley, and I need to say this: something is deeply broken.
University, Labor Market, Higher Education, California
12 points by UCBThrowaway 102 days ago | 9 comments
Return-to-office policies are leading to increased brain drain in the U.S. (venturebeat.com)
Return-to-office mandates are emerging as one of the most contentious of the post-pandemic work trends that U.S. employees have faced.
Work Culture, Labor Market, United States, Technology
46 points by this_weekend 108 days ago | 13 comments
Major data revisions are coming – should make you trust official statistics more (slowboring.com)
Next month, the jobs report will incorporate its annual benchmark revision, which will meaningfully change some key economic statistics and will solve some nagging puzzles and misconceptions about the labor market.
Economics, Statistics, Labor Market
11 points by therabbithole 121 days ago | 0 comments
Shove your office mandates, people still prefer working from home (theregister.com)
Years after the pandemic reshaped working practices across the world, many staff are still resisting corporate efforts to get them to return to the office preferring instead to quit in favor of a more flexible employer.
Remote Work, Work Culture, Labor Market, Workplace Trends, COVID-19
62 points by rntn 128 days ago | 80 comments
US hiring announcements in 2024 lowest in nine years (yahoo.com)
Hiring announcements by U.S. employers last year were the lowest since 2015, a report showed on Thursday, confirming a sharp moderation in job growth over that period.
Economy, Labor Market, Hiring, Business, United States
4 points by joshstewart 134 days ago | 0 comments
Companies are firing Gen Z employees soon after hiring them (euronews.com)
A recent report found that companies were dissatisfied with their Generation Z (Gen Z) new hires and may avoid hiring recent graduates in the future.
Gen Z, Employment, Labor Market, Hiring Practices
9 points by makerdiety 159 days ago | 5 comments
The Death of the Stubborn Developer (sourcegraph.com)
I wrote a blog post back in May called The Death of the Junior Developer. It made people mad. My thesis has since been corroborated by a bunch of big companies, and it is also happening in other industries, not just software. It is a real, actual problem, despite being quite inconvenient for almost everyone involved.
Software Development, Industry Trends, Labor Market
21 points by ingve 163 days ago | 26 comments
From 'Great Resignation' to 'Great Detachment': How U.S. job market has slowed (nbcnews.com)
For many workers, the euphoria of “the Great Resignation” — a period following Covid-19 reopenings that brought a massive reshuffling of jobs and substantial wage gains — has given way to a new, far more uncertain environment.
Labor Market, Economy, COVID-19, Resignation, Employment
44 points by makerdiety 166 days ago | 14 comments
It's Taking Longer to Find a New Job in the US (bloomberg.com)
The unemployed are having a harder time finding jobs in the US, a trend that’s casting a shadow over other statistics showing a resilient labor market with few outward signs of trouble.
Unemployment, Labor Market, Economy, US
6 points by toomuchtodo 170 days ago | 1 comments
Japanese workers turn to resignation agencies (metropolisjapan.com)
A new survey from Mynavi Corp. shows a significant rise in resignation agencies across Japan that help people quit their jobs. But why?
Japan, Employment, Resignation, Labor Market, Human Resources
170 points by billybuckwheat 187 days ago | 142 comments