Too Many Developers and Not Enough Jobs? The 2024 Dev Job Market

Is the developer job market saturated? Is it even worth learning to code in 2024? Will I be replaced by AI anyway?

Join me as I give my take on these questions around tech careers. From my own self-taught journey and observations, these are my insights on the current job market for devs in 2024.

I touch on why networking and specialisation matter in landing early career jobs, and talk about some of the reasons for the layoffs sweeping through big tech. I also speak about the role of AI in development and how all these issues are related.

Finally, I give you my take on how best to approach landing jobs, especially junior ones, in the current climate. Let me know your take on things in the comments below.

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[temari]

I study computer science for 5 years now in a university, and so far yet to find a job. My friend who was studying in an unrelated field and decided to find a programming job got it after applying to a random free course online and doing it for 6 months, without any other IT knowledge. With that said I'm not looking really actively, and I'm also being pretty selective so fair enough. I wouldn't say there aren't enough jobs, just the companies are being more careful about who they hire now because the competition allows them to. It's not 2000s anymore when getting anyone who knows anything about coding is a fortune.

[BigLu]

People want to get into tech for the higher salary and perceived freedom it offers in comparison to other roles that involve commutes and unrewarding work. Capitalism is a game of choices, if there is an industry that offers work from home, high autonomy and good pay then it's no wonder the field is being flooded.

[ruirodrigues]

From what I see from your journey you got into IT fairly easy.
It got me ~2years to break in, but I was totally lost at the start and only got the grip of what should I learn 12 months into my journey

[steveg]

on a positive note there are jobs but you want to build labs, make content, play ctf's, build a portfolio, don't flood github with pull requests lol, and network and work on your own projects and upskilling as much as possible. you can get a jobs its just you have to put the effort in to prove yourself degree or no and have made something to show your skills off preferably publicly. but its a rough time and everyone wants the same thing and has the same goal so give yourself the best advantage you can and avoid as many money traps as you can because there are plenty of FREE resources.

[brockobama]

I have been looking for a job since several months before I graduated in June 2023. I have been searching for over a year. I cannot find a job.

[steveg]

IT in general is feeling flooded with talent and jobs are chaotic in IT, Cyber security, and software engineering i work IT helpdesk full time and do bug bounties and study at home and at work and i wouldn't quit my job right now because the industry is just crazy and so i am focused on what i can do on my own and study while working my 9 to 5 IT Support role and just waiting out the industry to see what happens and to see it maybe stabilize or see what i find without being in a rush. but i feel for anyone new to the tech industry hoping to break in its just learning how to navigate the chaos. AI is a tool not a replacement so that's silly fear in my opinion.

[Hoover]

learn an unsexy language. I get paid $230/hour to write COBOL. (but don't expect that right away I am a senior developer)

[thepowerlies]

There is still a lack of good and experienced developers, but I've seen a huge rise in influencers selling it as a "get rich quick" thing

[AstroSardaukar]

This is an encouragement and not a reality video.