[BandButcher]

Yea no mention of the layoffs the past couple of years although this blog post was published today. Satire? Fluff piece? Or maybe an advertisement for cursor and copilot??

Article supposedly published by a CS professor but if I had published something like this in uni I feel I may have gotten laughed at.

As per the topic, I could see software jobs increasing in total number due to the emergence of machine learning jobs but to generalize and say the demand is as strong as ever is a little disingenuous especially when ever other CEO claims ai will and has already reduced the workforce

[jvanderbot]

The post has a few stats and that's it. I repeated them here, because I thought it might be interesting to cut through sentiment a bit.

Yes, ending before 2024 might mask a lot of change from all kinds of factors.

And, not going back prior to 2021 might mask a downturn prior to that from which we haven't recovered.

Edit: 2019 levels were 1.4m, making the % increase from 2019 to 2023 17%.

https://www.bls.gov/oes/2019/may/oes151256.htm

And 2024 is available, but slightly more difficult to query. https://data.bls.gov/oesprofile/

It shows 1.65m, so basically level with 2023. That makes growth from 2019 to 2024 17% (1.64/1.4) as well.