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Title: Tech Job Market Is Shrinking as AI Reshapes Industry Requirements

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/20/0947...

The US tech sector shed 214,000 jobs in April amid continuing economic
uncertainty, according to CompTIA analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics
data. Companies are extending hiring timelines to two or three times longer
than last year while significantly raising skill requirements, particularly
for AI competencies. "It's the great hesitation," said George Denlinger of
Robert Half, noting employers now demand 10-12 skills instead of 6-7
previously. Entry-level programming positions are disappearing as AI assumes
those functions, with Janco Associates CEO Victor Janulaitis observing that
"a job that has been eliminated from almost all IT departments is an entry-
level IT programmer."

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