[LRUG] Ghosttown

[Eleanor McHugh]

Best Outcome?

Bubble grow large.

Bubble go pop.

Employers rediscover that programmers don't just regurgitate code: they understand problems and devise solutions.

Judging by previous hype cycles, this could take a while...


> On 11 Feb 2026, at 11:10, Michael Pavling via Chat <chat at lists.lrug.org> wrote:
> 
> Well... The jobs market looks pretty bleak, doesn't it?
> 
> There seems to be no entry-level roles now, and the mid/senior roles are few and far between, with hundreds of applicants scrabbling to stand out with their AI tuned CVs :-(
> 
> What's gonna be the case in a couple of years? (Or even at the end of this year)
> Is that it for Ruby jobs now? Is it the end for almost all tech stacks? 😬
> 
> Do we all just need to re-align to be maintainers of the output?
> 
> *sigh* What's everyone's hope for a best outcome?
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