The Broken Senior-Only Job Market

The broken senior only job market

Chapter:
0:00 - Layoffs
1:13 - Deep Knowledge
1:58 - Eat Your Broccoli
3:00 - Tech News
3:48 - AI's Real Role
5:00 - Antidote 2

[JasonGoodison]

Gentleman's agreement 🫡
You know what to do

[chrissolano]

I can’t do this anymore. I have so much passion for this field and I hate it being killed by recruiters that feel like they’re robotically programmed asking the same redundant questions that’s answered already on my resume.

[ThatAsianGuyFromYT]

This video is really valuable to me as I've been on a corporate job for half a year, but don't nearly learn as much as with personal projects

[nukemall]

I worked for a startup. They refused to share equity (on paper, but promised us they would if we were ever acquired.. we were a "family", after all!) and then sold the software we built for eight figures. None of us saw a dime of it. I would never do it again without some proof of equity set in stone.. but it was one of my first jobs out of college and I was naive enough to believe them.

[Zergbit]

AI wont replace engineers or even junior engineers. It will replace people that stagnate and do not learn how to use it. I could not be happier for the advent of AI assisted coding. I was always a slow coder. Now I get to focus on my strengths: Solving hard technical problems (which A.I can never do in full scope), system design, software engineering, collaborating etc etc

[ViceCoin]

Deep knowledge takes years, and will be obsolete in a few years. You need just-in-time skills for specific projects.

[Phileosophos]

It's a provocative video to be sure, but I have over 40+ years of development skill and knowledge. I can code for Linux, Windows, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and virtually everything else. I know more languages than I can list, seeing as I pretty well stopped keeping track when the number got north of 50 or 60, I forget. I never had any problem finding a new job until I turned 50. What used to take days now takes MONTHS. So as to your thesis, that it's a senior-only job market, my experience surely says otherwise.

[elizabeth]

Hi Jason, I've watched all of your videos and I appreciate the useful non-generic you provide. Please keep making more videos!

[ib]

You want to become a senior in one stack, and not a mid at multiple stacks. Good point

[cody_codes_youtube]

This is a surprisingly good video. Especially the script kiddie comparison. I’ve been saying that AI is great but could really enable this problem and many won’t know the fundamentals, relying on AI to generate the solution..

Thanks for sharing man

[serenevalor]

Ever since I started self studying ML, my minds been running with a crazy amount of startup ideas. Your video was just the inspiration needed. I think it's time my ideas take a leap into reality. Thanks, mate :)

[atyt]

This is a really solid take. I started my first job as a SWE last year as a self taught dev but that only lasted 8 months til I got laid off. I work as a data analyst now though and I love it. Skills in programming can really carry over to a lot of different tech jobs.

[Arthur-kxnh]

You brought me so much peace about my future. This video was extremely insightful as someone who's new to coding. I loved your vibe, you earned a subscriber.

[wilsonchen]

Hey Jason! Thanks for the insightful video. I'm in my first year at Waterloo studying soft eng and it has been really tough finding a co-op especially when ur in ur first year. I feel like ur video made me really think about how i can excel in specific skills to improve my chances of future jobs/internships. Thanks as always

[sadiqkhawaja]

Your videos are both motivating and knowledgeable. Keep your head down, work on projects people want, even if it's just yourself. Simple but impactful. Please make more videos and you deserve more views per video!

[AlexBlack-xzhp]

As a senior dev... I found this really insightful and valuable. I really agree with your analogy on the candy vs broccoli balance. As someone who's gone too hard in both categories at different times in my career... finding a good balance of both is hard to do but really really important.

[BoltRM]

Spot on.
Learning C++ & you will be able to do almost any programming.
C# similar results, but cuts out some hassle & easier to learn.

[exceleveryday]

"Build something that people could actually use", love it. That is how I found your channel. I need to learn how to code, your channel has a ton of valuable information. I have patented something that is "something people could actually use" and just need to build it myself or get some help seems to be more the path after seeing your videos : ). I have used this patented idea in the workplace and have increased my productivity by 65% and out preformed my counter parts. Thank you for your guidance and videos. I am now a subscriber.

[CallousCoder]

Wow so true! I am a freelancer for 16 years and 30+ yeas of experience and I literally had only just landed a project at my old customer!
Everybody says the need "good people" but nobody seems to want to actually hire and pay for them. It's really a werid market. Even during the 2008 crash it was easier to find jobs, they just paid less.

[miguelemmara]

I remember a certain someone telling me the exact same thing at a certain point in my life. Now, watching this at this certain point, hits quite hard.