It’s not a good thing, but it’s definitely a thing. Most of us here on HN are going to be affected by this.

How many more years do you think you'll need to keep saying this before it's actually true?

New grads are already having a tough time. My own expectation is that every recession or downturn from here on out, there will be the typical rounds of layoffs but without the typical increase in hiring afterwards. Maybe no “we replaced you with AI” moment, more of a “no new hiring” tendency.

Who said it was a good thing?