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27 The Case Against an Imminent Software Developer Apocalypse

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BeauHD @ Slashdot 2 place · today 15:00 EDT

The Case Against an Imminent Software Developer Apocalypse

ZipNada shares a report from ZDNet: Given the dour headlines as of late concerning the diminishing amounts of entry-level software development jobs, coupled with predictions of applications entirely AI-generated, one could be forgiven for assuming that software developers may soon be an endangered species. However, the data tells a different story. James Bessen, professor at Boston University, has been pushing back for some time against the talk of AI and automation displacing jobs on a mass scale, and late

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