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w4ffl35
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Is programming dead?

On X people claim 100s of thousands of tech layoffs, ghost jobs, a dead industry. I don't see this anywhere else. HackerNews seems alive, Wellfound seems alive (though impossible to get an interview) recruiters seem alive, though seemingly have no jobs. What is going on? What is reality? I am asking this on X and dev.to as well. Are we being silently replaced?

I see posts like this often on X:

https://x.com/Scobleizer/status/1836662119770849535

My own experience has been that it is next to impossible to get an interview regardless of my expertise and up-to-date skill-set.

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Aaron McQuade

I think its a really difficult time to get an interview. Feels like a recession is coming, job market is flooded with people who didn't want to go back to the office and those who learned to code during the pandemic. There will always be problems to solve and things to build with code

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w4ffl35

It is very difficult to get an interview, I agree. This is the first time in 20 years thst I've experienced it.