AI is already taking jobs away from entry-level workers

Schrodinger's AI.

On the one hand, it's bad, bad, hitting walls, getting badder, it's the baddest we've seen, failure, bubble, etc.

On the other hand it's taking jobs left and right, whatarewegonnado?!

The signal to noise ratio in reporting about AI is extremely low.

Doches 259 days ago | |

To be fair, both of those statements ("AI progress has plateaued" and "AI is taking jobs") can be true at once! There's almost certainly some disconnect between improving frontier models and UX vs. increasing adoption, particularly outside what you'd normally think of as pure tech companies.

Put another way: an LLM replacement for entry-level workers doesn't have to be good, just good enough.

Doches 259 days ago |

https://archive.is/52NXY

cranberryturkey 259 days ago |

I'm in silicon valley with 27+ years of experience. I haven't been able to find a job in 2 years now. I used to get 4-5 recruiters (legit ones) reaching out to me a week. I'd have 2-3 interviews a week in 2023. Now I haven't had a legit recruiter contact me in 2 years. I think I had one interview in 2024.

ravirajkumar 259 days ago | |

thought about adapting req. of new jobs?

cranberryturkey 259 days ago | | |

You mean submitting a custom resume for each job? Hell no.

gotorazor 259 days ago | | |

why not? It would def help with a job search? It's not minimal effort, but AI can do a pretty good job with it as long as you feed your resume and the job description. It does make applying for each job more time consuming, but not a whole lot more.

cranberryturkey 259 days ago | | |

I never really applied to jobs before, its always been recruiters reaching out to me on LI. Anyway I used an ai tool to rewrite my resume for each job listing and I still didn't get any calls, so I don't really think that's the issue.

ravirajkumar 259 days ago | | |

try updating your tech stack, be relevant for job market