I am experiencing a bit of a whiplash here at work. To be fair, I am getting paid very well (and got a significant raise last year, that was good), but we have had positions be open for years now with no hiring. And we are having more and more projects being proposed without finishing the projects themselves. Its the classic they want to do more with less scenario. The top brass just announced a hiring freeze so new devs for a while.

The execs are floating the idea that AI can be used to replace or supplement the people leaving. On all of our propitiatory code-base/solutions…yeah that will go well.

So yeah anyone else dealing with this?

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 days ago

    The execs are floating the idea that AI can be used to replace or supplement the people leaving.

    I’ve been thinking about going into consulting. Companies like this are going to be a gold mine in a few years.

    • mesa@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      25·
      3 days ago

      I feel like this is a repeat of the “just hire someone overseas” again. The projects will go haywire after an initial promise…and the only ones that can fix it are the experienced devs. Cant tell you how many projects I got over the years like that.