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I can only speak for myself of course, but from discussions with friends + co-workers I trust, I think there's subset of people working in software professions

I can only speak for myself of course, but from discussions with friends + co-workers I trust, I think there's subset of people working in software professions that are questioning the viability of these careers in the long run. Considering the now high level of difficultly of finding a new job, paired with the constant psychological warfare of every CEO boldly announcing that "Agents" are going to do all the programming work, plus the recent talks of off-shoring (not to mention seeing a majority of openings in other countries) are forcing the "hard conversations" to be had. Can't imagine people are thrilled with their prospects.

RestlessMind 2y ago
> plus the recent talks of off-shoring I agree with all the factors you cited. On this specific one though, it is on the stupidity of American workers enamored by remote working and couldn't think one step ahead. If your job can be done from Kansas, it is a matter of time before it is shipped off to Colombia. Coldhearted profit maximizing nature of Capitalism will ensure that. The only people in the US who should be rooting for remote work are superstars with truly rare software talents, execs who have made it or shareholders. For the remaining plebs, there is a very small window to wake up and go to offices. And make sure remote work fails massively. That's your only moat to keep these good jobs in the US. I myself warned about that multiple times: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27696235 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27696235 , https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29784222 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29784222
- nyarlathotep_ 2y ago
  Zero argument here. I made a comment elsewhere here about how short-sighted programmers and the like are. Cheering for working in your sweatpants and how much you're "getting done" with whatever LLM editor, totally oblivious what they're supporting, courting a future of reduced wages and dramatically increased competition. I genuinely believe a large portion of the software types let the "engineer" titles and inflated compensation go to their heads, and they earnestly believed writing CRUD made them irreplaceable. Sad times.

RestlessMind 2y ago

> plus the recent talks of off-shoring I agree with all the factors you cited. On this specific one though, it is on the stupidity of American workers enamored by remote working and couldn't think one step ahead. If your job can be done from Kansas, it is a matter of time before it is shipped off to Colombia. Coldhearted profit maximizing nature of Capitalism will ensure that. The only people in the US who should be rooting for remote work are superstars with truly rare software talents, execs who have made it or shareholders. For the remaining plebs, there is a very small window to wake up and go to offices. And make sure remote work fails massively. That's your only moat to keep these good jobs in the US. I myself warned about that multiple times: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27696235 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27696235 , https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29784222 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29784222

nyarlathotep_ 2y ago
Zero argument here. I made a comment elsewhere here about how short-sighted programmers and the like are. Cheering for working in your sweatpants and how much you're "getting done" with whatever LLM editor, totally oblivious what they're supporting, courting a future of reduced wages and dramatically increased competition. I genuinely believe a large portion of the software types let the "engineer" titles and inflated compensation go to their heads, and they earnestly believed writing CRUD made them irreplaceable. Sad times.