THOUGHTS ON THE JOB MARKET IN THE AGE OF LLMS

Summary from the TLDR AI newsletter

AI makes senior workers more covetable because they have more context on how to work in and steer complex systems over time. Junior workers have to show a desire to make progress, as with enough motivation, they can scale to impact quickly. The AI job market is brutal for junior workers and comes with a ton of opportunity costs. Making open source contributions is an established way to develop a career in AI. This is a bit easier in the age of AI, but standing out amid the sea of slop will be hard.