I just talked to a friend who had a team of six. Now he’s a one man shop with 6 instances of Claude code.

Thing is, it takes an experienced person to do that and if we stop letting junior people into the business we will starve the senior levels soon.

I don’t know the answer (apprenticeship model?) but there’s still work in the field. It’s just different.

Can't say I blame them.

My nephew graduated with a CS degree a few months ago & I have no idea if he's had any luck finding an entry-level job in his field. I'm a senior engineer w/ 25+ years experience & it's been extremely difficult to stay employed. Nor are our experiences anomalous; I know plenty of folks who are 6-24+ months out of work in tech, and not for lack of trying to find a new job.

I kind of wonder if someday a reckoning will occur.

By that I mean AI coding pricing will go up.

happened to the railroads. They were supposed to be a cheap and efficient way of getting produce to market, but the market could bear lots more than it thought.