The job market had changed that's for sure.
replyWe went from spending a lot of money on people to enshitify products and then charge more for them to spending a lot of money on agents to enshitify products to charge more for them.
replyThat's what I'm saying.
replyNot only from the big companies. Where is the explosion of disruption ?
Sure, it did some meaningful things:
reply* Higher load on senior engineers who are about to burn out hard from fighting an endless battle against unreviewed slop people keep trying to yeet into production
* Less junior hiring and suppressed wages
* Culture of uncertainty and fear
* Computers are really expensive now
* Some people now live with diesel generators and gas turbines making their neighborhood hazardous to their health
>You could look around in 2016 and 2026 and honestly not much has changed
replyI find 2026 much more repulsive compared to 2016.