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My Honest Thoughts on AI and the Job Market in 2026 (No Hype)

2026-03-05 Education
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🚀 Try Flow Pro free for 14 days + get an extra month free with my code TECHWITHTIM! 👉 Start here: https://ref.wisprflow.ai/techwithtim Software engineering has changed dramatically in 2026 and over the past few months. My opinion on AI as it relates to software engineering and the job market has changed as well. I want to go through five major shifts that I've seen recently and what I believe this means for the future of software development. Want to make real money with coding? I share high-signal insights on careers, monetization, and leverage in my free newsletter. Join here and get my guide How to Make Money With Coding instantly: https://techwithtim.net/newsletter ⏳ Timestamps ⏳ 00:00 | Overview 00:20 | No One Writes Code Anymore 02:53 | AI Coding Tools 04:16 | The Skill Gap 06:45 | Juniors are Cooked 09:30 | Hiring Process is Broken 11:33 | Soft Skills are Dominating Hashtags #JobMarket2026 #SoftwareEngineer #WisprFlow UAE Media License Number: 3635141

Top Comments (10)

@elliotlassey3118 2026-03-05

To anyone watching this, just don't stress over things that are outside of your control. just do what you can that's within your control, everything else is noise

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@cherokeebob9052 2026-03-05

I can't wait how companies will wonder where all the senior developers went, after they didn't hire juniors for the last 20 years...

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@cvhccgncfgjf6810 2026-03-05

Someone who genuinely loves to code would not love to see this happen. It's true that u can build faster. It's true that people can just prompt and get the output they want... but that's also the sad part for people who love to code to seeing their skills being almost obsolete. I'm one of the them, and im really trying my best to adapt to AI, but at the same time i feel sad about it.

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@Zindawg02 2026-03-05

"No one writes code anymore" is just patently false

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@garou1571 2026-03-05

So many things you have to learn and do at the same time to land a job, it's insane.

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@ariosetiawan173 2026-03-05

I Hope Back To Past when learning is funny, and enjoy the process, and after learning got hired 🙂

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@SimpleDataScience 2026-03-05

Agree, you need to be in a game, otherwise you're gonna be wiped out!

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@motess5304 2026-03-05

looks like whisper flow is just the open source handy tool

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@leonardoferreira7960 2026-03-05

Nice video, Tim. I completely agree with you.

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@mrTonYT987 2026-03-05

thanks tim!

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