Posted on 06/28/2024 8:32:27 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Since we have 500,000+ IT workers in the US looking for work...
when will the H-1bs be going home?
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Going home? We will import more than ever!
Software is binary (sorry, not non-binary) and either 0 or 1.
So you need two employees, one “0” and one “1”.
And on a tangent, AI in Morse code is ._ and ..
Not much ‘diversity’, lots of dots and lots of short (two pulses) letters.
Now, the details are that there are some people in tech that have no tech skills, they are product managers and content managers, etc. Like those spoiled silicon valley women with their tik toks, showing off their free mocha lattes and free wine bar after work while having no skills other than to boss others around. Their jobs are going. The devs and engineers are going
Very true. The law states that those jobs must go to qualified citizens before being given to foreigners.
There’s still plenty of opportunity in tech. IT security still has more holes that Swiss cheese. There’s going to be another space race and Cold War coming up too, with plenty of interesting problems that will need solving.
AI can write programs, ergo bye-bye coding jobs.
Joe has plenty of minimum wage jobs.
People quit them often and they’re counted as 5 or 6 new jobs.
I deal with companies putting a hold on rollouts and developments. It's not because of the costs but because so many key people have retired since the Scamdemic began and their replacements are missing or are significantly less capable. The replacements are unable to make decisions because they're in so far over their head. First decision - let's hold off on upgrading or replacing these systems "until we get our arms around what we're dealing with".
I see companies holding onto relics of in-house programs because they can't get viable bids for replacing it. I especially see it in small companies where the owners are planning on closing shop if the economy takes a further dip. Why fix up the car if you're running it until it fails completely?
One disturbing trend I've seen is the increase in the number of complete snake oil salesmen (and saleswomen) among small software firms, where after several years of development, the programs completely miss the mark. The client doesn't have any employees who know enough about software and programming so the company is completely dependent on outsourced developers. The employees at the company don't know what they need, are data illiterate, and more and more don't even know anything about computers.
I thought that happened 15 years ago when they started importing H1Bs to replace Americans.
and when AI writes better code faster than the churn coming out of coding the mills today???
Software development is part of a bigger job. Now basically you’d better be a Subject Matter Expert who codes.
They can write programs, but who will make sure the programs will work and be secure?
my son lost his internet support job just before Christmas...his whole department....nothing as of yet..
I started out on IBM 360/30 in the basement of the Empire State building and it was good while it lasted kids. Now AI can build the code on it’s own.
AI is just stupidity at the speed of light.
Someone has forgotten to tell the 10 recruiters that contact me every weekday with offers of software development jobs.
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