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Bad news for coders: The US is past peak software developer (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 4 months ago by lemmee_in@lemm.ee to c/programming@programming.dev

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A new ADP Research Institute report shows employment for software developers has declined from January 2018. Data elsewhere show fewer opportunities for people to fill software development and tech roles after the US labor market is no longer as hot as it was a few years ago.

"The tech job market has undeniably slowed since the end of 2022, cooling after a few years of rapid hiring during the pandemic recovery," Daniel Zhao, Glassdoor's lead economist, said in a written statement. "Rising interest rates, the end of pandemic-era trends and a slowing economy overall has crimped demand for tech workers."

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[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 61 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

We're in a "fuck around" cycle where they pretend that the problem was we didn't have "copilot", and not that all of our development managers are wildly unqualified.

The "find out" part comes next.

Which is fucking impossible to fathom, because my fucking grocery store's app can't even implement search reliably, today.

I'm not sure how they're going to manage to make things worse.

Actually, I'll make a guess. My guess is we will go under the critical skill level needed for building safe hospital equipment, and we will get a rash of that stuff killing people due to lack of programmer skills.

I hope the asshole CEOs are the ones that die, but there's not enough karma in the world for that.

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, its the asshole CEOs very specifically who will survive the climate catastrophe and any other societal systemic failures. They've insulated themselves from consequences by hoarding material wealth, and when they can't do that, fiat wealth to represent material wealth. In 2008, we even bailed them out "oh that last thing you tried didn't work? Here. Here's a bunch of money we took from society as a whole. Enjoy your golden parachutes. You'll need them later"

As a populace we need to start showing up in the streets and obstructing these fuckers wealth streams however we can

[–] SatouKazuma@programming.dev 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Or just literally eating them.

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That falls under the subheading "however we can"

[–] SatouKazuma@programming.dev 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Touché!

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Also that wasn't me trying to be a dick. I realized I might have come across as a dick there. I just meant to be supporting your idea

[–] SatouKazuma@programming.dev 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nah you're good!

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Cool. Back into COVID-19 hibernation for me

[–] SatouKazuma@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago

Oof. Get well soon.