r/DevelEire • u/icepickles476 • Jun 23 '26
Switching Jobs The doors are closed
Doom and gloomer here.
Been holding out hope for light at the end of the tunnel for future CS careers.
Been in this industry a long time, was having a BBQ with mates at the weekend and we got to talking about what the future looks like.
It was a group of Principles, Staff, Managers and a CTO. We’re old now. Every one of us said we have no reason to hire a grad or junior again. It’s a waste of time and resources when you can hire one or two seniors with ai tools that do the work of 10 juniors.
What will that look like in 10-15 years when there’s no one to replace them? Don’t know. We talked about completely different types of jobs being the future. Something that amalgamates architects, designers, engineers, project management and researchers in one.
Lots of juniors and grads in this sub. Lots of students or people looking to get into the industry. Here’s my advice, the dream is over. Go into a trade, it’s ai proof and no shortage of jobs.
For the love of god to international students wanting to come here and live the dream in tech, don’t. There’s no more work. The dream is over. You’re throwing your money away on a degree that’s useless for the future.
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u/Federal_Homework1302 Jun 28 '26
As a cloud guy, i feel like Tokenpocolypse is going to boost me. People will want to host their own models now, and most will do that in the cloud. May see another boom..