13 points hacker_v_s 5 hours ago 6 comments
verdverm 5 hours ago | parent
I've seen multiple other sources that report software jobs are on the rise again. One example: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/11/ai-software-developer-jobs.h...
A different story being told is that the industry over hired during COVID and lockdowns, then over corrected with Ai, and now we are returning to normal levels.
aprilthird2021 1 hour ago | parent
They are on the rise but that rise is slower than and has not yet made up for the jobs lost despite growth in revenues returning to the industry
verdverm 49 minutes ago | parent
give it a little more time and don't put the lost before the gain, we had an overage and then walked that back, it's a different perspective, we don't have to get back to peak soon, the peak was way out of bounds
silverFork 4 hours ago | parent
More detailed data by company. Ai is most likely the cause. Saying that that layoffs started before does not prove that it is not continuing because of Ai.
wmchen 1 hour ago | parent
But aren't these data points based on statements made by companies, a contentious premise because of the competing claim that AI isn't really driving layoffs (rather economic conditions for capital), but rather AI is a convenient excuse as how companies can achieve similar results, with a smaller headcount?
paxy 1 hour ago | parent
"Most likely" based on what?