#272 - The State of the 2025 Tech Job Market: Is AI Helping or Hurting Us?
Develop Yourself11 Sep 2025

#272 - The State of the 2025 Tech Job Market: Is AI Helping or Hurting Us?

The tech job market is sending seriously mixed signals in 2025. While social media overflows with doom and gloom about hiring freezes and impossible entry barriers, actual data tells a surprisingly different story.

Job openings are trending upward, with big tech companies like Meta, Google, and Apple actively expanding their engineering teams.

What's really happening is a massive shift in what companies need from their developers. "AI engineering" positions have exploded, increasing 5-6x since 2023 alone. But here's the critical insight most are missing: these roles don't primarily require deep machine learning expertise or data science backgrounds.

This represents a golden opportunity for software developers willing to expand their skills in the right direction.

Let's explore.

Here's the link to the original article: https://substack.com/inbox/post/172584839?utm_source=unread-posts-digest-email&inbox=true&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true

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