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Enrollment at trade schools is expected to grow

(finance.yahoo.com)
64 points m-hodges | 2 comments | 30 Aug 25 22:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.396s | source
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prisenco ◴[30 Aug 25 23:35 UTC] No.45078963[source]▶
For junior devs wondering if they picked the right path, remember that the world still needs software, ai still breaks down at even a small bit of complexity, and the first ones to abandon this career will be those who only did it for money anyways and they’ll do the same once the trades have a rough year (as they always do).

In the meantime keep learning and practicing cs fundamentals, ignore hype and build something interesting.

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echelon ◴[30 Aug 25 23:47 UTC] No.45079029[source]▶
AI coding isn't eating the industry, offshoring is.

Inflation, end of ZIRP, and IRS section 174 kicked this off back in 2022 before AI coding was even a thing.

Junior devs won't lose jobs to AI. They'll lose jobs to the global market.

American software developers have lost the stranglehold on the job market.

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1. linotype ◴[31 Aug 25 00:03 UTC] No.45079112[source]▶
Section 174 has been restored, thankfully. We’ll see if the damage is done.
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2. echelon ◴[31 Aug 25 01:32 UTC] No.45079543[source]▶
Fingers crossed. The interest rate is still a tremendously bad problem.

If it had been ZIRP and low interest, companies would have just borrowed to cover the amortization that 174 introduced. But unfortunately money doesn't grow on trees anymore.