What Do Developers Do Now in the Age of AI?

• Developer job market struggles
  
  • Layoffs
  • Difficulty getting hired, even for senior developers
• Will AI replace developers?
  • Some people say yes it will, while others say it’s just a tool
  • This is reminiscent of the “self-driving trucks” era years ago where everyone thought truckers were going to go extinct in a few years and yet truckers are still needed today - but there are not guarantees the same situation will happen for developers
  • With the trucker comment in-mind, where do developers go now?
    • Do aspiring developers still try to enter the industry?
    • Do junior developers stay and keep learning? Or do they exit into a different career path?
    • Or is development just changing and this is all an overreaction?
• Is developer content in trouble?
  • Documentation and tutorial content is seeing a decline in traffic for some
  • Do developer content creators pivot (or at least lean towards) AI content?
  • Podcast stats from backlinko.com
• Many people are discussing changing career paths towards in-demand jobs, such as the trades
  • What about skill diversification?

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