Tech market feels like a data entry job
I spent two hours every day filling my resume data to freshly developed forms made specifically to the hiring process of one or two companies. I have a good resume, worked well for a few years before AI, and know it has got a lot harder to land a development gig. I've worked with modern stuff like AI-generated briefs for our meetings, for our bug logs, even for our Q.A. team email replies. Hell, there was an Agent dedicated to verifying how well our code was written at my last job, so I feel lik
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2026-10-27 12:45:23.150Z
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Source account: I spent two hours every day filling my resume data to freshly developed forms made specifically to the hiring process of one or two companies. I have a good resume, worked well for a few years before AI, and know it has got a lot harder to land a development gig. I've worked with modern stuff like AI-generated briefs for our meetings, for our bug logs, even for our Q.A. team email replies. Hell, there was an Agent dedicated to verifying how well our code was written at my last job, so I feel lik
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Source votes: 5 votes (Oct 27, 2026 UTC; cumulative since publication); previous same-scope observation: 4 (Oct 27, 2026 UTC). These observations do not establish demand growth. Recent records to compare: “Stanford CS 329Z: Engineering AI Agents” (Hacker News, Nov 13, 2026); “United Airlines blocks AI agents from booking flights” (Hacker News, Nov 13, 2026). Shared themes are navigation hints; they have not been verified as the same need or independent corroboration.
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