Since early 2024, companies began reducing teams, freezing hiring, and betting on automatic code generation tools.

Headlines in the last two years suggest programmers are being laid off, junior developers struggle to find work, and tech companies are freezing hiring because one AI tool can now do the work of a dozen entry-level engineers.

A sentiment is reportedly emerging among major domestic IT companies that developers are no longer needed.

Four years ago, young people were told to learn to code for a secure career, but now the opposite of that is true.

The rapid transition to AI-driven coding began heavily in the last six months and accelerated in the last three months.