AI is wiping out entry-level tech jobs, leaving graduates stranded

Re:AI is wiping out entry-level tech jobs, leaving graduates... by groos on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @02:30PM (#46293209)

The death, maybe, but not the lack of hiring. At $BIGCORP, where I work, I haven't seen an externally hired junior dev in at least 2 years in an extended team of ~100 people.

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Re:AI is wiping out entry-level tech jobs, leaving graduates... by Ifkaluva on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @02:39PM (#46293327)

My prediction is that you will see that trend reverse soon. Have the teams become top-heavy?

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Re:AI is wiping out entry-level tech jobs, leaving graduates... by dragonwriter on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @02:45PM (#46293420)

My prediction is that you won't see it reverse too soon, but that AI has nothing to do with it. It's just (for now, until the AI bubble itself bursts) a convenient scapegoat for people who haven't come to grips with the broad economic malaise outside of, but not caused by, AI.

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Re:AI is wiping out entry-level tech jobs, leaving graduates... by astrange on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @06:15PM (#46296062)

We are hiring juniors again now and haven't in the last few years.

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Re:AI is wiping out entry-level tech jobs, leaving graduates... by kingbiz on Sunday December 21, 2025 @02:39PM (#46347640)

Same, we have been in a "hiring freeze" for 4 years now. Contractor hiring via WITCH however has been booming.

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