This chapter explores the uncertainty of the hiring market in the tech industry and the potential impact of increased technology and software engineers on work conditions and quality of life. It discusses the positive impact of artificial intelligence on software development and raises concerns about job security for software engineers. The chapter also touches on the changing requirements for entering the software engineering field and briefly mentions the potential decline of Stack Overflow.
Gergely Orosz is back for our annual year-end update on the tech market, writ large. How is hiring? Has AI really changed the game? What about that OpenAI fiasco?
We also talk in-depth about Gergely’s self-published book, The Software Engineer’s Guidebook, which has been four years in the making.
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