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davidwtoday at 2:36 PM3 repliesview on HN

People have been fretting about 'foreigners' taking their jobs for decades and it never really happened. This is all about LLM's.

I mean, think about it; just a few short years ago there was a very strong market for software engineers, despite outsourcing and immigration being very much part of the landscape.


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nsxwolftoday at 2:45 PM

My job was just taken by Cognizant, which is technically American, so I guess you're technically right!

chapstoday at 2:43 PM

Orrrrrr... it could be a complex combination of outsourcing, an over-reliance on degrees, LLMs, a lack of "apprenticeship" mentoring, etc etc etc.

I was very fortunate to get a job in a NOC a little bit after high school where I learned things one'd expect to learn in an entry level job. The team I worked on was all about mentorship, learning, and building people to the next level.

Haven't seen that attitude elsewhere in my entire career except in the non-profit world where I reside these days. It blows me away that people are surprised that these industries have failed to build entry level positions.

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mikert89today at 2:38 PM

have you been inside any big tech company? lots of orgs are > 80% foreign.

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