Data Debunks AI Job Killer Myth: Software Developer Share Near Record High
AccBalanced · x · 2026-08-16
Economist Noah Smith shares a chart from EconBerger showing that software developers' share of the US labor force is near its all-time high and on an uptrend, suggesting the doom of the software developer job has been greatly exaggerated.
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