The Brutal Truth About The Web Development Job Market in 2024

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[chewelanthani]

I love you so much😭... I almost gave up my webdev dreams coz of the negative talk on social media. And not only did you help me get back on track but you confirmed that I was on the right path. Thankyou so much

[mikelautensack]

I just onboarded at my first job today and I sm fully self taught with no degree or BootCamp so its hard out there but if you work harder than everyone else you will win!

[oncalldev]

It's my understanding that during Covid, big tech hired about 900, 000 people. The current layoffs to date, have cut about 90, 000 or about the 10% of those hired. For now it just seems to be a rebalancing. Companies overhired, and they probably overpaid in the rush to hire people - many times from each other company. I don't have a crystal ball, but it's likely there will still be more layoffs to come over the shorter term as staffing and salary get back in sync. Nothing really to do, but keep your skillset sharp, stay flexible and have your resume ready to go.

[UvstudioCaToronto]

No one doubts that the web/software development labour market will continue to grow. However, what is the applicant per job vacancy ratio? Unfortunately that will continue to grow as well, at least here in North America.

[bmiller]

I was working for a company with old tech. It's a trade off work for someplace sketchy and have recent tech skills. Work for someplace stable and have old tech skills. Don't let a company eat up for free time to keep your skills current. Lesson learned for me.

[traezeeofor]

Trying to break into Tech? You need to pursue Fullstack web development in 2024! Well said Sir.

[HashimWarren]

7:00 This is key 🗝"I believe new web developers should pursue full stack web development"

[mattgriffiths]

This is one of the best, honest videos I have seen about the future of development. So many channels are releasing click-bait videos about 'tech is dead' which is so not true! Thank you for this video!

[andrewlitten]

Thank you SO much for your content. Your measured, data driven explanations are such a relief in the stress of AI / Market worries.

[fcxhuoc]

About AI, as far as I understood, tools like ChatGPT need human developers code as an input to be able to generate AI generated code. So if no human developer codes, those tools won't be able to generate code anymore, I am wrong?

[mystfits]

ive already spent enough time looking, being stood up by recruiters, wasting money on site hosting and more. It's to demoralizing to continue. People have different experiences. You get cancer months after staring game dev/simulations course only to transition to web etc etc. its terrible people in area. but that my experience.

[alexkist]

I just got laid off from my non-tech job. I'm terrified of being forced to find an entry-level tech job right now, but I was way too complacent with job hunting since I started last year, so maybe it's the universe's way of getting me off my ass. Once upon a time I was addicted to coding and felt unstoppable, but I gotta admit the constant doomscrolling got to me. It seems like watching any development content on YouTube is an easy way to constantly get demoralizing clickbait suggested to you.

I appreciate the honesty and clear-headed analysis of the facts which has been rare for the last year. This dark moment for the industry will pass. If anything, it's a good wake-up call to never get complacent once you're in and to always continue to network and skill up, since even after breaking in you can always be tossed right back out.

[RealBigDLil]

As a webdev major, I had some doubts. Thanks for letting me know!

[myonlylovejesus]

absolute genius way of promoting courses. thank you.

[kylestyle]

Anyone saying the tech industry is dead or AI is going to replace programmers makes me wonder if they have any experience being a programmer. I did 3 years in backend and am now learning frontend which is just as complicated. No way AI is going to replace skilled developers. I am using ChatGPT more and more now and it's like a StackOverflow instructor. I ask it questions, there is a fluid conversation about code principles. That part I like! But if I tried to get it to understand the business problem I am trying to solve... it'll respond just like how my college professors would respond, "I'm not familiar with your companies application." So, use AI as a tool to understand code principles and create boilerplates. Stuff that's specific to the companies web app, best leave it to the developers to discuss and figure it out.

[simorrison]

The solution is simple. Get rid of management and upper management and the project managers and make the web developers be the managers because they're the only ones that know how all of this works.

[KatharineOsborne]

I got laid off in June 2023 and am still looking for work in 2024. I am not seeing the upside (at least in the UK/Europe).

[callous]

And they're still saying unemployment rate is only 2%

[captainkirk]

Software development will be replaced by outsourcing and Artificial Intelligence. I was laid off recently, and I only get calls for short term contract jobs (six months or more). That's it. There will be fewer developers in 2024. The market is completely overly saturated. Yes, if you look at the countries hiring developers for cheaper, they are hiring more. But for every development position that is outsourced, that is one person who is out of a job.

[marcoandreschmidt]

You have to learn everything by your own way to become a full stack developer and also be a ai engineer knowing at least 5 programming this is like at least 3 years of your life for having a chance to apply for jobs. Jobs that are incredibly unstable you can get layoff vary quickly. I think I’ll pass this chance