<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Which language you prefer or write code in is becoming less and less relevant every day.</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">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.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><i><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace">Rafael Sales</span></i></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 11:47 AM lrug.flaring659--- via Chat <<a href="mailto:chat@lists.lrug.org">chat@lists.lrug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div>Hey Michael, it certainly does.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Two of my least favourite ecosystems, JS and Python, have roughly thirty to sixty times more opportunities respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>A few options, based on what you’ve said:</div><div><br></div><div><ul><li>Hope the Ruby market bounces back</li><li>Try switching stacks</li><li>Leverage AI to start your own business</li><li>Retrain — electricians and plumbers are raking it in 💷😄</li></ul><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 11 Feb 2026, at 11:10, Michael Pavling via Chat - chat at <a href="http://lists.lrug.org" target="_blank">lists.lrug.org</a> <<a href="mailto:chat_at_lists_lrug_org_sxxkmvwj@simplelogin.co" target="_blank">chat_at_lists_lrug_org_sxxkmvwj@simplelogin.co</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="auto">Well... The jobs market looks pretty bleak, doesn't it?<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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 :-(</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">What's gonna be the case in a couple of years? (Or even at the end of this year)</div><div dir="auto">Is that it for Ruby jobs now? Is it the end for almost all tech stacks? 😬</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Do we all just need to re-align to be maintainers of the output?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">*sigh* What's everyone's hope for a best outcome?</div></div>
_______________________________________________<br>Chat mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Chat@lists.lrug.org" target="_blank">Chat@lists.lrug.org</a><br>Archives: <a href="http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org" target="_blank">http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org</a><br>Manage your subscription: <a href="http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org" target="_blank">http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org</a><br>List info: <a href="http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org" target="_blank">http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
Chat mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Chat@lists.lrug.org" target="_blank">Chat@lists.lrug.org</a><br>
Archives: <a href="http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org</a><br>
Manage your subscription: <a href="http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.lrug.org/options.cgi/chat-lrug.org</a><br>
List info: <a href="http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org</a><br>
</blockquote></div>