I sympathise with the perspective - but software has always been this way, there’s always been creative destruction and the field has never stood still.
We signed up for this. YOU signed up for this. No one owes anyone a job. When the activities that create value change, move with it or get left behind.
If you prefer a vocation which has been the same for centuries that option is open to you. But to get into the software job market you’d best ask if the job you are trying to get is obsolete, and focus on fixing your skills and job search process/methodology.
The biggest question is “where is the net-new hiring?” (as opposed to backfill hiring) .. and then, if you are out of the market you have time on your hands to match skills to your answer.
> If only someone could invent some kind of educational institution to teach people new skills!
> People could learn things and join the workforce!
> /s
The point is to always, always blame the individuals being harmed for the structural problems they face.
Lost your job? Well fuck you if you can't afford to pay a lot of money to go back to school for years and support your family out of savings in the mean time. It's your own damn fault for not being rich enough.
If only someone could invent some kind of educational institution to teach people new skills!
People could learn things and join the workforce!
/s
Sure, you could go to an educational institution for 2-4 years and hope that your new job doesn't get automated away before you graduate.
When I grow up, I'm going to Bovine University!
If only companies would actually hire people instead of optimising their worksheets for late stage capitalism at the expense of human capital.
New skills mean shit when there is no job market that can take everyone.
Usually people that have such takes of yours, never had to actually fight months, years, to finally get back on track.
Naturally, when selling AI, the take is to downplay its impact on people lives.
I sympathise with the perspective - but software has always been this way, there’s always been creative destruction and the field has never stood still.
We signed up for this. YOU signed up for this. No one owes anyone a job. When the activities that create value change, move with it or get left behind.
If you prefer a vocation which has been the same for centuries that option is open to you. But to get into the software job market you’d best ask if the job you are trying to get is obsolete, and focus on fixing your skills and job search process/methodology.
The biggest question is “where is the net-new hiring?” (as opposed to backfill hiring) .. and then, if you are out of the market you have time on your hands to match skills to your answer.
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> If only someone could invent some kind of educational institution to teach people new skills!
> People could learn things and join the workforce!
> /s
The point is to always, always blame the individuals being harmed for the structural problems they face.
Lost your job? Well fuck you if you can't afford to pay a lot of money to go back to school for years and support your family out of savings in the mean time. It's your own damn fault for not being rich enough.