You are not worrried for one of the 2 reasons:

1 You are not affected somehow (you got savings, connections, not living paycheck to paycheck, and have food on the table).

2 You prefer to persue no troubles in matters of complexity.

Time will tell, is showing it already.

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icedchai 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Even people in category #1 should be concerned. Even if their income is not directly affected, the potential for disruption is clearly brewing: mass unemployment, social and civil unrest.

I know smart and capable people that have been unemployed for 6+ months now, and a few much longer. Some have been through multiple layoffs.

I am presently employed, but have looked for a job. The market is the worst I've seen in my almost 30 year career. I feel deeply for anyone who needs a new job right now. It is really bad out there.

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stephenpontes 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Agree. I feel like most of the people sounding the alarm have been in the software-focused job hunting market for 6+ months.

Those who downplay it are either business owners themselves or have been employed for 2+ years.

I think a lot of software engineers who _haven't_ looked for jobs in the past few years don't quite realize what the current market feels like.

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contagiousflow 13 hours ago | parent [-]

Alternatively: this is an America problem. I'm outside of America and I've been fielding more interviews than ever in the past 3 months. YMMV but the leading indicator of slowed down hiring can come from so many things. Including companies just waiting to see how much LLMs affect SWE positions.

	▲	irishcoffee 12 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Alternatively, it's a loud minority. As an American I found a new job last year (Staff SW), and it was falling off a log easy, for a 26% pay bump.
	▲	small_model 9 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It's from AI either directly or indirectly, either the top SWE's using AI are replacing 10 mid/juniors or your job is outsourced to someone doing it at half your Salary with a AI subscription. Only the top/lucky/connected SWE's will survive a year or two, if you have used any SOTA agent recently or looked at the job market you would have seen this coming and had a plan B/C in place, i.e. Enough capital to generate passive income to replace your salary, or another career that is AI safe for next 5-10 years. Alternatively stick your head in the sand.

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slopinthebag 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

3 You realise that super-autocomplete is an incredible technology but the hype behind it far exceeds its capabilities and you're excited for the possibilities it may promise for making your work easier and more enjoyable.

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smj-edison 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I feel like that's a rather bad-faith take, so if you're going to make that kind of accusation you better back it up. People can legitimately believe that AI is not going to be the end of the world, and also not be privileged. And people can be privileged, and also be right. Not everything can be reduced down into a couple of labels, and how those labels "always" interact.

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ares623 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

For 1, unless you already have an self-sustaining underground bunker or island, you will be affected. No matter how much savings and total compensation you have. If you went out to get grocery in the last week, it will affect you.

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small_model 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You can get stuff delivered now and just need a ring camera and solid locks :)

	▲	ares623 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Delivered by other people in the same financial situation as you of course :)

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7777332215 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What shall I need the bunker for?

	▲	meindnoch 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Don't worry about it.