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The comments here don't seem to address TFA. There's a lot to unpack on this subject and tons of anecdata but the article manages to unpack an infinitesimal am

The comments here don't seem to address TFA. There's a lot to unpack on this subject and tons of anecdata but the article manages to unpack an infinitesimal amount of real data. The result shown is that the total number of software jobs has increased the last 3 years (of the data), even increasing relative to total USA population. It shows a 23% increase in employment the last 3 years overall (1.6/1.3 million = 1.23). Data ends before 2024. It mentions BLS analysis projects a 17% growth until 2033. (Useful if LLMs are not a paradigm shift, or if BLS took that into account?) This comment is longer than the article if you remove the preamble discussion of LLMs.

BandButcher 1y ago
Yea no mention of the layoffs the past couple of years although this blog post was published today. Satire? Fluff piece? Or maybe an advertisement for cursor and copilot?? Article supposedly published by a CS professor but if I had published something like this in uni I feel I may have gotten laughed at. As per the topic, I could see software jobs increasing in total number due to the emergence of machine learning jobs but to generalize and say the demand is as strong as ever is a little disingenuous especially when ever other CEO claims ai will and has already reduced the workforce
- jvanderbot 1y ago
  The post has a few stats and that's it. I repeated them here, because I thought it might be interesting to cut through sentiment a bit. Yes, ending before 2024 might mask a lot of change from all kinds of factors. And, not going back prior to 2021 might mask a downturn prior to that from which we haven't recovered. Edit: 2019 levels were 1.4m, making the % increase from 2019 to 2023 17%. https://www.bls.gov/oes/2019/may/oes151256.htm https://www.bls.gov/oes/2019/may/oes151256.htm And 2024 is available, but slightly more difficult to query. https://data.bls.gov/oesprofile/ https://data.bls.gov/oesprofile/ It shows 1.65m, so basically level with 2023. That makes growth from 2019 to 2024 17% (1.64/1.4) as well.
b3ing 1y ago
The main stream media mentioned 30% of job postings are fake and another 30% are going overseas, not sure this addresses that or the 1 million plus layoffs.
- jvanderbot 1y ago
  It's not built on job postings or openings, just employment. So it would account for layoffs.

BandButcher 1y ago

Yea no mention of the layoffs the past couple of years although this blog post was published today. Satire? Fluff piece? Or maybe an advertisement for cursor and copilot?? Article supposedly published by a CS professor but if I had published something like this in uni I feel I may have gotten laughed at. As per the topic, I could see software jobs increasing in total number due to the emergence of machine learning jobs but to generalize and say the demand is as strong as ever is a little disingenuous especially when ever other CEO claims ai will and has already reduced the workforce

jvanderbot 1y ago
The post has a few stats and that's it. I repeated them here, because I thought it might be interesting to cut through sentiment a bit. Yes, ending before 2024 might mask a lot of change from all kinds of factors. And, not going back prior to 2021 might mask a downturn prior to that from which we haven't recovered. Edit: 2019 levels were 1.4m, making the % increase from 2019 to 2023 17%. https://www.bls.gov/oes/2019/may/oes151256.htm https://www.bls.gov/oes/2019/may/oes151256.htm And 2024 is available, but slightly more difficult to query. https://data.bls.gov/oesprofile/ https://data.bls.gov/oesprofile/ It shows 1.65m, so basically level with 2023. That makes growth from 2019 to 2024 17% (1.64/1.4) as well.

b3ing 1y ago

The main stream media mentioned 30% of job postings are fake and another 30% are going overseas, not sure this addresses that or the 1 million plus layoffs.

jvanderbot 1y ago
It's not built on job postings or openings, just employment. So it would account for layoffs.