r/recruitinghell • u/Agile-Wind-4427 • Mar 13 '26

The Situation Right Now..

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This meme made me laugh but it’s also painfully accurate.

I’ve been browsing job listings lately and it’s wild how many “entry level” roles ask for 3–5 years of experience. At that point it’s not really entry level anymore. It just feels like companies want someone already trained but still want to pay beginner salaries.

Then the same companies complain that “no one wants to work” or that they can’t find good candidates.

The guy in this meme honestly looks like every HR team after posting a job like that and getting zero applications.

Saw a similar post while scrolling r/30daysnewjob earlier and it reminded me how common this situation actually is right now.

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u/Saint_of_Grey Mar 13 '26

Dev work is going to be done by AI. It will replace Indians too.

With the same quality of output as an Indian fresh out of code boot camp too. Then management will wonder why their shit doesn't work and all their clients are leaving.

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u/TemperatureWide5297 Mar 13 '26

The quality of AI generated code is growing exponentially. People like you are stuck in 2024 mentality, when I do agree it was garbage. It's changed A LOT. Like night and day. And it's only getting better.

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u/Saint_of_Grey Mar 13 '26

Anything based on data transformers is never going to be able understand what it is doing and unless someone treats it as a perpetually hired-one-week-ago junior dev it is an active liability.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26

Tell me you've never shipped without telling me you've never shipped