alt Hacker News> Especially for software developers it looks increasingly that after huge turmoil it's likely we will need +/- the same number of developers in the world.
what exactly are you basing this opinion on? All I am seeing personally across multiple projects I am working on and other friends at other places is that downsizing is either begun or is planned (to exclude from here all the “public” layoffs we see on the news). Given how most business operate in the USA I think most of “AI strategies” are “we can do same with -40% staff” vs. “we can do XX% more work with same staff.”
The past couple of years have been chaotic and fearful. Hopefully that won't last forever.
If we can get a little stability, people will begin thinking less in terms of "how do we do the same thing cheaper" and more in terms of "how do we do new things."