Sep 1, 2025 at 6:05 AM EDT

AI is already taking jobs away from entry-level workers

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cranberryturkey

3 months ago

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I'm in silicon valley with 27+ years of experience. I haven't been able to find a job in 2 years now. I used to get 4-5 recruiters (legit ones) reaching out to me a week. I'd have 2-3 interviews a week in 2023. Now I haven't had a legit recruiter contact me in 2 years. I think I had one interview in 2024.

ravirajkumar

3 months ago

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thought about adapting req. of new jobs?

cranberryturkey

3 months ago

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You mean submitting a custom resume for each job? Hell no.

gotorazor

3 months ago

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why not? It would def help with a job search? It's not minimal effort, but AI can do a pretty good job with it as long as you feed your resume and the job description. It does make applying for each job more time consuming, but not a whole lot more.

cranberryturkey

3 months ago

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I never really applied to jobs before, its always been recruiters reaching out to me on LI. Anyway I used an ai tool to rewrite my resume for each job listing and I still didn't get any calls, so I don't really think that's the issue.

ravirajkumar

3 months ago

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try updating your tech stack, be relevant for job market

cranberryturkey

3 months ago

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I am always updating my tech stack. that is not the issue.

ravirajkumar

3 months ago

job market is really weird & uncertain, at the moment. unable to think what could be the problem for these. heard OpenAI is hiring human social media strategist

NitpickLawyer

3 months ago

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Schrodinger's AI.

On the one hand, it's bad, bad, hitting walls, getting badder, it's the baddest we've seen, failure, bubble, etc.

On the other hand it's taking jobs left and right, whatarewegonnado?!

The signal to noise ratio in reporting about AI is extremely low.

Doches

3 months ago

To be fair, both of those statements ("AI progress has plateaued" and "AI is taking jobs") can be true at once! There's almost certainly some disconnect between improving frontier models and UX vs. increasing adoption, particularly outside what you'd normally think of as pure tech companies.

Put another way: an LLM replacement for entry-level workers doesn't have to be good, just good enough.

Doches

3 months ago

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Sep 1, 2025 at 6:05 AM EDT

AI is already taking jobs away from entry-level workers

Doches

3 points

11 comments

Mood

calm

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negative

Discussion Activity

Moderate engagement

First comment

18s

Peak period

Day 1

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Comment distribution11 data points

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Based on 11 loaded comments

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Sep 1, 2025 at 6:05 AM EDT
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cranberryturkey

3 months ago

1 reply

ravirajkumar

3 months ago

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thought about adapting req. of new jobs?

cranberryturkey

3 months ago

1 reply

You mean submitting a custom resume for each job? Hell no.

gotorazor

3 months ago

1 reply

cranberryturkey

3 months ago

1 reply

ravirajkumar

3 months ago

1 reply

try updating your tech stack, be relevant for job market

cranberryturkey

3 months ago

1 reply

I am always updating my tech stack. that is not the issue.

ravirajkumar

3 months ago

job market is really weird & uncertain, at the moment. unable to think what could be the problem for these. heard OpenAI is hiring human social media strategist

NitpickLawyer

3 months ago

1 reply

Schrodinger's AI.

On the one hand, it's bad, bad, hitting walls, getting badder, it's the baddest we've seen, failure, bubble, etc.

On the other hand it's taking jobs left and right, whatarewegonnado?!

The signal to noise ratio in reporting about AI is extremely low.

Doches

3 months ago

Put another way: an LLM replacement for entry-level workers doesn't have to be good, just good enough.

Doches

3 months ago