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You're right. That is a very "fuck you got mine" position to take.
I will say I have 3 friends, all senior devs. 2 got laid off this month. It doesn't affect you until it does.
I'm not taking that position, I'm taking the position of acknowledging how badly it is being used while also taking point on how useful for Devs it is. I was acknowledging the position I am in due to my life in coding work, to give proper context.
You are in an Australian server, I didn't know that the American AI Dev erasure craze had expanded there, it definitely is affective the Spanish junior positions, but in my data engineering sector, senior positions are permanently lacking.
In any case, I'm sorry for your friends, but I'd be surprised if they don't find another job fast. Job offers in my country for senior positions have not been reduced, and given that junior positions are being reduced and seniors eventually retire, I don't see enough reduction to fill the vacuum that the lack of junior is going to create in senior fields.
Mind you, I'm not saying this to say I don't care, it's actually the opposite. I'm saying this to say that I care even though I don't think it will affect me personally in a risk my paycheck kinda way.