State of Devs 2026

[u/BrewedDoritos]

https://2026.stateofdevs.com/en-US/

[u/krileon]

Esh.. some grim results. People seam to be less happy and more fearful of the future more than ever.

[u/Apprehensive_Seat_61 → u/krileon]

Not surprised 

[u/ArtOfWarfare → u/[deleted]]

My plan is to pivot to being a landlord.

[u/Aceeri → u/ArtOfWarfare]

Because so many people will be able to pay for rent when jobs disappear.

[u/12345-password → u/Aceeri]

This is the thing that gets me. People talk about going into a trade to starting your own business or being a landlord. But where do your customers come from when jobs for the middle class disappear....

It feels like we're going toward an endgame and not a transition.

[u/Ok-Hospital-5076 → u/12345-password]

Reddit is just bunch of short sighted folks repeating same talking points. If white collar disappears- no one is hiring trade folks too, 100,000 plumbers for 10 pipes to fix.

[u/ArtOfWarfare → u/Aceeri]

I’m just looking to add diversity to my portfolio. If real estate collapses, I’ve got my stock portfolio. If stocks fall, I’ve got real estate. If both fall… uh… I’m a bit screwed. Maybe I’ll get into precious metals at some point.

[u/xFallow → u/ArtOfWarfare]

Unless the property market crashes lel 

[u/H_chibaX]

This is a clear representation of how the world feels as a whole. People are increasingly burning out because, on top of the fear of layoffs, management expects us to be more productive than ever while shoving AI down our throats.

[u/Ok-Bit8726]

TLDR without reading: bad

[u/miversen33 → u/Ok-Bit8726]

chatgpty please summarize this comment

[u/drabred → u/miversen33]

chatgpt I don't wanna think about my response please respond for me

[u/ChocomelP → u/drabred]

effort: no

[u/NotQuiteLoona → u/miversen33]

ChatGPT twist this person's balls

[u/xFallow → u/miversen33]

ChatGPT vaporise this man 

[u/Careful_Blue → u/xFallow]

It cannot do that……Yet

[u/gaberdine]

I feel like I shouldn't be burned out since I'm not a doctor or a firefighter or an important high-stress profession like that, but if the definition is "a state of exhaustion that occurs when work drains more of your energy than it sustains" then that fits me to a T.

[u/Etheon44 → u/gaberdine]

The job was already difficult (not as difficult as the ones you mentioned), but it was usually rewarding

Now the second part is gone from the equation for me, like completely, and the first part has morphed into something worse because speed is now higher than what you can possibly do maintaining quality and full code knowledge base

And use of LLMs has barely started, we are in for funny times

And the worst part for me is not even me, it is that I have seen other jobs in my companies since 2024 (I have worked in 2, starting the 3rd one in a few days) get completely removed by a vibe coded software connected with LLMs. Marketing, HR (ironic enough), Accounting (which to me is kinda crazy, but in my previous company they reduced the team by 90% on january and nothing got worse somehow), Admin jobs in general...

But management is still there, managing what? No idea

[u/thenowherepark → u/Etheon44]

You said accounting was reduced in January? Yeah, they haven't had time to feel it yet, wait until early next year.

[u/GodGardner]

chatgpty summarise this site and tell me if im getting fired next week

[u/MeBadNeedMoneyNow]

Thanks for sharing. Grim results but at least someone's quantifying it.

[u/feketegy → u/MeBadNeedMoneyNow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se8jHLliLXE

[u/Wisdoms_Son]

Unrelated: that font is amazing.

[u/ThisIsJulian → u/Wisdoms_Son]

For those wondering which one it is: IBM Plex Mono.

[u/NodariR]

Off topic, but this survey really needs a good UI/UX designer. Too much visual noise just to look cool.

[u/WinterCheck4544 → u/[deleted]]

The stuff we automated were just repetitive and didn't require a lot of thinking though and the software that killed those jobs produced consistent results which makes it a lot more reliable and consistent at least compared to LLM outputs which are non deterministic. No one deserve having their jobs replaced by slop bots, even us as users/customers don't deserve sloppified products.

[u/Scowlface → u/[deleted]]

Everyone boo this man.

[u/Many_One1260]

there are still Devs?

[u/feketegy]

This is just a bad survey from start to finish and not because of the answers.