The webzine ShiftMag points out that 80 percent of software developers worldwide are unhappy with their jobs, yet 68 percent code outside the workplace as a hobby, according to a May 2024 survey by ...

For the first time, the number of software jobs in the US has stagnated. This coincides with the broader trend of lower labor force participation across sectors. Previously, recent college grads ...

The growth of generative AI tools has already had an impact on the job market in many industries, and there are some who are wondering whether AI could replace software engineers. A report by Grand ...

“Am I getting dumber?” That’s the line that made me spit my coffee. Just a little bit, not like a classic sitcom take. The question was uttered by one of my CTO friends who still develops software at ...

Chloe Samaha wasn't trained to write software. But she and her partner at their San Francisco-based startup BOND got a working version of a new online productivity manager and website up and running ...

As AI assumes more and more programming tasks, engineers should instead deepen their creativity and intuition to provide real ...

In 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted we’d be having 15-hour workweeks by the end of the century. But by the time it was 2013, it was clear the great economist had gotten something wrong. I don’t ...

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Most of the technology we use daily is built on free, publicly available software—yet the developers who create it often don’t get paid. From the apps on your phone to the systems powering major ...

It’s time we officially bury the idea that AI means we won’t need software developers. For years, we’ve heard that generative AI and large language models (LLMs) are coming for our jobs. In software ...

Developers detest marketing. If you want to sell them a tool, make it easy for them to find the information they need and leave them alone to try out your tool. When I was just starting out writing ...