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Comment by jrowilliams | Hacker News Reader

I would be interested to hear from juniors + new grads tbh. They're definitely the ones most immediately impacted by this

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i'm a junior (a little over 3 yrs xp, some might consider that low senior), and never experienced pre-2023 job market, so i don't really have much to compare the market over the last couple years to. fortunately i had 1-2 years where I didn't use much ai. i don't see my company laying me off in the foreseeable future, but I don't have great pay either. over the last few months i've been getting a few recruiter emails every month, sometimes every week. about 50% are not very applicable to my experience

ai or not, i've always wanted to start my own business, and ai likely will make that easier (maybe)

I've been thinking about this, and I think it's complicated. While AI agents make prototyping/PoC-ing and turning ideas into something concrete so much quicker - a valuable part of growing a business and finding investors/customers etc. - there's a certain type of business that I can see being neutered due to these advances.

Software contractors/freelancers are going to be in a difficult spot. Before it was their convenience that allowed for a higher hourly rate, but now it's just as convenient to throw your pre-existing team at the problem - as not having knowledge of a specific tech stack is no longer as prohibitive as it once was

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