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This time it actually is different. HN might not think so, but HN is really skewed towards more senior devs, so I think they're out of touch with what new grads

by aizk 10mo ago

This time it actually is different. HN might not think so, but HN is really skewed towards more senior devs, so I think they're out of touch with what new grads are going through. It's awful.

ehnto 10mo ago
What is it that new grads are going through? If you are referring to difficulty finding a job, keep in mind that there is both an economic downturn and an over-hiring correction happening in the industry right now. I imagine the AI industry is indeed having an impact in how management is behaving, but I would not yet bet on AI actually replacing developers jobs holistically.
- aizk 9mo ago
  I can talk about my own experiences. About a year and half ago I dropped everything to get into tech, a couple years out from completing my civil engineering degree because I hated it. I worked very intensely day in day out building many projects, and I had one project go extremely viral, changing my life. That led to me getting hired at a small AI start up, where I learned an enormous amount, but 9 months later, I still got let go as work had dried up for the product I was working on. Not much I was able to do there unfortunately. Still, I really do believe that due to AI there was just far less work that I could meaningful contribute to, speaking as someone who is more junior in the field. Little bug fixes here and there, organization, grunt work tasks, etc - those are completely automated now. The rungs on the ladder of meaningful progression are growing increasingly wider as eac day goes by. A decade ago I think big tech companies would be fighting to get me on board, but now it's different, That said, to end this comment on some silver lining - I know someone who currently works at a big lab who got an enormous amount of work xp by contributing on OSS projects till he became more senior, so maybe there's more to it. Also one other thought - companies will still have job postings for juniors because a "junior" can be an MIT IOI gold medalist.

by aizk 10mo ago

This time it actually is different. HN might not think so, but HN is really skewed towards more senior devs, so I think they're out of touch with what new grads are going through. It's awful.

ehnto 10mo ago

What is it that new grads are going through? If you are referring to difficulty finding a job, keep in mind that there is both an economic downturn and an over-hiring correction happening in the industry right now. I imagine the AI industry is indeed having an impact in how management is behaving, but I would not yet bet on AI actually replacing developers jobs holistically.

aizk 9mo ago
I can talk about my own experiences. About a year and half ago I dropped everything to get into tech, a couple years out from completing my civil engineering degree because I hated it. I worked very intensely day in day out building many projects, and I had one project go extremely viral, changing my life. That led to me getting hired at a small AI start up, where I learned an enormous amount, but 9 months later, I still got let go as work had dried up for the product I was working on. Not much I was able to do there unfortunately. Still, I really do believe that due to AI there was just far less work that I could meaningful contribute to, speaking as someone who is more junior in the field. Little bug fixes here and there, organization, grunt work tasks, etc - those are completely automated now. The rungs on the ladder of meaningful progression are growing increasingly wider as eac day goes by. A decade ago I think big tech companies would be fighting to get me on board, but now it's different, That said, to end this comment on some silver lining - I know someone who currently works at a big lab who got an enormous amount of work xp by contributing on OSS projects till he became more senior, so maybe there's more to it. Also one other thought - companies will still have job postings for juniors because a "junior" can be an MIT IOI gold medalist.