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IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption

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Re: IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption

#21

"software engineers will spend less time on routine coding—and more on interacting with customers" Ahh, what could possibly go wrong!

Why is that bad? You write better code when you actually understand the business domain and the requirement. It's much easier to understand it when you get it direct from the source than filtered down through dozens of product managers and JIRA tickets.

Re: IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption

#22

Bold move. Not because it's wrong, but because it risks initiating the collapse of the AI bubble and the whole "AI is gonna replace all skilled work, any day now, just give us another billion". Seems like IBM can no longer wait for that day.

I mean it’s IBM. On average, 70% of their decisions are bad ones. Not sure I’d pay a single bit of attention to what they do.

To a non-technical individual IBM is still seen as a reputable brand (their consulting business would've been bankrupt long ago otherwise) and they will absolutely pay attention.

Re: IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption

#23

"software engineers will spend less time on routine coding—and more on interacting with customers" Ahh, what could possibly go wrong!

Why is that bad? You write better code when you actually understand the business domain and the requirement. It's much easier to understand it when you get it direct from the source than filtered down through dozens of product managers and JIRA tickets.

Programmers have an unfortunate tendancy to be too honest!

Re: IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption

#24

Bold move. Not because it's wrong, but because it risks initiating the collapse of the AI bubble and the whole "AI is gonna replace all skilled work, any day now, just give us another billion". Seems like IBM can no longer wait for that day.

Good. Nobody needs to rip that bandaid off. Might as well be IBM.

Re: IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption

#25

Bold move. Not because it's wrong, but because it risks initiating the collapse of the AI bubble and the whole "AI is gonna replace all skilled work, any day now, just give us another billion". Seems like IBM can no longer wait for that day.

Is IBM invested big in LLMs? I don't get the impression they have much to lose there.

Re: IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption

#26

Bold move. Not because it's wrong, but because it risks initiating the collapse of the AI bubble and the whole "AI is gonna replace all skilled work, any day now, just give us another billion". Seems like IBM can no longer wait for that day.

I mean it’s IBM. On average, 70% of their decisions are bad ones. Not sure I’d pay a single bit of attention to what they do.

Yeah, they are only 114 years old. How they can have the knowledge to stay afloat in trying times like this?

Re: IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption

#27

Bold move. Not because it's wrong, but because it risks initiating the collapse of the AI bubble and the whole "AI is gonna replace all skilled work, any day now, just give us another billion". Seems like IBM can no longer wait for that day.

Their CEO already said what he's thinking about all the spending [0].

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46124324

Re: IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption

#30
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

And if it is for consulting, I doubt very serious they will based in the US. You can’t be priced competitive hiring an entry level consultant in the US and no company is willing to pay the bill rate for US based entry level consultants unless their email address is @amazon.com or @google.com. Source: current (full time) staff consultant at a third party cloud consulting firm and former consultant (full time) at Amazo…

Why would Amazon bring on a full-time consultant instead of just hiring you?

My partner is also a consultant and one client was Google. I’m also confused about the exact reason why they didn’t just hire someone.
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