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2026-05-13 17:20 UTC

A lot of the major companies are trying to “embrace” AI. Anyone saying percentages is full of shit. And anyone claiming they got fired for refusing to use AI is also full of shit, they got fired for other reasons, which much have been screaming “I’ll never use AI you fucks!” Haha Regarding the industry as a whole, AI is a big thing. You need to know how to use it correctly to (hopefully) produce quality code. This is a really rough time in the industry, for many reasons not at all related to AI. The economy is shit, globally. There is a lot of uncertainty, globally. Jobs are absolutely not secure. I’ve been laid off 3 times since 2020. And no, I wasn’t the only layoff. One company got rid of all their IT staff save for the IT director and one (overworked) support technician. If you’re asking because you want to go into software as a career…………… don’t. Go into healthcare.

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@cinoreus@lemmy.world 2026-05-13 17:22

I am graduating next month 🥲. A little too late for me to switch careers

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@Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 2026-05-13 17:43

Healthcare IT is still ok, but seriously DON’T be an actual healthcare worker. Your basically a slave with 5-6 figure college debt

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@Skyline969@piefed.ca 2026-05-13 18:17

You’re lucky it hasn’t happened to you. Yet. I never was a “I’ll never use AI you fucks” type person, more of a “AI written code is not trustworthy by default and should be subject to human review, especially if it touches critical systems, to ensure it’s secure and won’t just blindly wipe out production” type. Even that didn’t agree with their stance. My former boss literally said to me “AI is so advanced that you do not need to see the code to write it anymore”. That is not true, willfully ignorant, and the equivalent of slamming on the gas on the freeway and closing your eyes. Fuck anyone who believes that.

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