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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

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Post by forgetfreeman »

Insanity wrote: post #32
alienbaby wrote: post #19

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

Customer interaction has imo always been one of the most important parts in good engineering organizations. Delegating that to Product Managers adds unnecessary friction.

Having spent more hours than I care to count struggling to control my facial expressions in client-facing meetings your assertion that that friction is unnecessary is highly questionable. Having a "face man" who's sufficiently tech literate to ask decent questions manage the soft side of client relations frees up a ton of engineering resources that would otherwise be squandered replying to routine emails.

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

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Post by dgxyz »

forgetfreeman wrote: post #58
dgxyz wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds like the first step of a galactic scale fuck up

dotcom implosion redux

It certainly feels that way. I was there. Fortunately had just waltzed into the tech side of things and scurried off back to my professional career for a couple of years.

I watched a lot of stuff burn. It was horrifying. We are nearly there again.

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

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Post by onlyrealcuzzo »

gerdesj wrote: post #46
layer8 wrote: post #34

The title is a bit misleading. Reading the article, the argument seems to be that entry-level applicants (are expected to) have the highest AI literacy, so they want them to drive AI adoption.

I hope they have a good 10 years experience in that "literacy".

25 years of LLM experience for a mid-level

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Post by geraneum »

small_model wrote: post #42

They hire juniors, give them Claude Code and some specs and save a mid/senior devs salary. I believe coding is over for SWE's by end of 2027, but will take time to diffuse though the economy hence still need some cheap labour for a few years, given the H1-B ban this is one way without offshoring.

I want the big_model take.

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

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Post by lazide »

kjkjadksj wrote: post #36
thaway123123 wrote: post #5

Is this for their in-house development or for their consulting services? Because the latter would still be indicative of AI hurting entry level hiring since it may signal that other firms are not really willing to hire a full time entry level employee whose job may be obsoleted by AI, and paying for a consultant from IBM may be a lower risk alternative in case AI doesn't pan out.

One might ask what value seniors hold if their expertise of the junior stage is obsolete. Maybe the new junior will just be reigning in llm that does the work and senior level knowledge and compensation rots away as those people retire without replacement.

Huh?

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Post by _heimdall »

layer8 wrote: post #34

The title is a bit misleading. Reading the article, the argument seems to be that entry-level applicants (are expected to) have the highest AI literacy, so they want them to drive AI adoption.

At least today, I expect this will fail horribly. The challenge today isn't AI literacy in my experience, its domain knowledge required to keep LLMs on the rails.
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