The Tech Market Situation is Crazy

3 months ago by sebastiancarlos to c/programmer_humor

In 2026, the job market is tough. Why aren’t manual workers the first victims?

fckreddit 2 points 2 months ago

That hurt more that it should.

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call_me_xale -5 points 3 months ago

Wow, fuck you too. Strawmanning people in dire financial circumstances is fun, I guess.

Stop punching down, asshole.

I apologize for taking this tone - I was obviously a little too emotional about this. The author's discussion in the comments here was very respectful.

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squaresinger 10 points 3 months ago

Missing that an article is satire, that happens. Missing that an article is satire when it's marked as satire and calls itself satire within the overy-over-the-top-satire article, that's a completely different thing.

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call_me_xale -4 points 3 months ago

For fuck's sake, I know it's satire. The problem is that it's satire of the misfortunate.

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squaresinger 5 points 2 months ago

Have you heard of the concept of black comedy?

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Kache 6 points 3 months ago

It's satire

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call_me_xale 0 points 3 months ago

It's satire of the people who are out of work because they "won't adapt to the AI paradigm"

eta: which seems like a bad thing, yeah?

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squaresinger 7 points 3 months ago

Looks like you didn't read the post or reacted too quickly and too angrily.

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call_me_xale -2 points 3 months ago

Are you sure you read it? The POV character gets fired (and ends up working as a janitor doorman) because they only start using it "too late".

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sebastiancarlos -3 points 3 months ago

For the record, I think the entire spectrum of accepting/rejecting AI has valid points, and that there's a lot of value on the rejection side. I also think it's alright to make fun of some of them, particularly if doing it mostly to highlight some contradictions and conflicts, without making a moral judgement.

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call_me_xale 3 points 3 months ago

Deciding whether or not to use AI in your work is a valid issue to discuss, but being unemployed right now is almost entirely a function of a shitty job market, not being a stick in the mud.

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sebastiancarlos 2 points 3 months ago

I assure you that's way off from my intent. But for privacy reasons, I don't want to discuss publicly my financial circumstances and how appropriate they might be in the context of writing this. In any case, I appreciate your feedback on how this could be read. I'll keep it in mind, and I apologize.

Anything in particular that felt like punching down or strawmanning people in financial problems?

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call_me_xale 2 points 3 months ago

You're essentially implying, throughout the piece, that being unemployed in the current tech market is a result of failing to use AI tools, completely regardless of the fact that employers have laid off (and continue to lay off) tens of thousands of qualified engineers in order to increase spending on more AI tools.

You're insinuating that being out of work (at a time when the cost of living is extravagant nearly everywhere) is entirely the fault of the workers, regardless of the shitty, greedy behavior of employers and the industry in general.

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sebastiancarlos 0 points 3 months ago

I don't imply that being able to use AI tools is a panacea to get a job. I don't imply that the reason for many lay offs isn't related to AI.

I don't insinuate that being out of work is entirely the fault of the worker. I'm just making the nuanced point that some workers can sometimes do more beneficial things when looking for work, without realizing that that's the case. This can happen despite the main barrier to getting a job being a completely external cause (as it's indeed implied in the article).

I understand that the topic is uncomfortable. That's why I tried to to put it in the context of humor and satire. Basically I'm asking what can we do better when trying to get a job, even if an external, uncontrollable situation would make any improvement almost pointless.

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