THE VANISHING MIDDLE CLASS OF TECH

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The stable middle ground of tech employment - the middle-class engineer - isn't needed anymore. Product builders who can code can ship entire products in days when armed with AI. A single developer can now accomplish what once required an entire team. Companies are streamlining their operations, focusing on engineers who can use AI and demonstrate they can do the job of multiple engineers. The biggest losers in this shift may be the fresh graduates looking to enter the industry - recent graduates now have to be better than people already working.