[LRUG] Ghosttown

[Sam Livingston-Gray]

That's exactly what an LLM would say.

On Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 2:06 PM Rafael Sales via Chat <chat at lists.lrug.org>
wrote:

> Which language you prefer or write code in is becoming less and less
> relevant every day.
>
> The best bet right now is to just learn how to drive AI to get
> quality/safe/performant code regardless of the technology. Your advantage
> is knowing what to ask and how to ask to AI.
>
> *Rafael Sales*
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 11:47 AM lrug.flaring659--- via Chat <
> chat at lists.lrug.org> wrote:
>
>> Hey Michael, it certainly does.
>>
>> The whole market’s been down for a few years, but Ruby, one of my
>> all-time favs, seems to have almost disappeared from the visible job market
>> entirely.
>>
>> Two of my least favourite ecosystems, JS and Python, have roughly thirty
>> to sixty times more opportunities respectively.
>>
>> I’ve already seen a couple of businesses go all in on the AI hype and
>> bury themselves under mountains of tech debt, so it definitely still needs
>> people that know what they’re doing to build something sustainable. I’ve
>> also seen quite a few mid/senior roles advertised to rescue companies from
>> this situation, probably not very attractive from a prospective candidate’s
>> point of view.
>>
>> With entry-level roles disappearing, it’s hard to say how this skills gap
>> will end up effecting the industry. I guess companies that are bullish on
>> AI are hoping the tech will evolve enough before it becomes a more
>> significant issue, and if not, they’ll still be enough people coming into
>> the industry — who knows.
>>
>> A few options, based on what you’ve said:
>>
>>
>>    - Hope the Ruby market bounces back
>>    - Try switching stacks
>>    - Leverage AI to start your own business
>>    - Retrain — electricians and plumbers are raking it in 💷😄
>>
>>
>> On 11 Feb 2026, at 11:10, Michael Pavling via Chat - chat at
>> lists.lrug.org <chat_at_lists_lrug_org_sxxkmvwj at simplelogin.co> 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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