9,388 engineers polled by Motherboard and Blind said AI will lead to less hiring. Only 6% were confident they'd get another job with the same pay.

Thousands of Software Engineers Say the Job Market Is Getting Much Worse::9,388 engineers polled by Motherboard and Blind said AI will lead to less hiring. Only 6% were confident they’d get another job with the same pay.

  • Fat TonyEnglish
    6•11 months ago

    What about the regular engineers? I hardly ever hear about those guys and AI.

    • @[email protected]English
      6•11 months ago

      Regular engineering is still ok. Most of us didn’t get to WFH because we’re building physical things, and that hasn’t really changed.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•11 months ago

      As both a regular engineer (electric/computer) and software engineer… The amount of interest I got as a regular engineer never even came remotely close to the deluge of recruitment attempts I regularly got during the pandemic, but it remains consistent. Even now that it has diminished a bit, it’s still far more.

      This is part of the reason I’m primarily a software developer now because I got recruited and got a huge pay bump, a way better lifestyle, and far better perks.

    • Cowbee [he/him]English
      1•11 months ago

      Traditional engineering areas can’t be as easily automated. Certain aspects certainly can, but prototyping usually involves physical presence, as well as installation or testing.