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Assuming, of course, that you can push off all the cruft that your
employer likely wants to dump in your lap!

<https://www.fastcompany.com/91483431/companies-replaced-entry-level-workers-with-ai>

I wonder when they'll start trying to entice retirees back OUT of retirement
as the number of qualified senior staff dwindles and there are no "junior staff" ready to step into those roles? <frown>
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Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote: |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |"I wonder when they'll start trying to entice retirees back OUT of retirement| |as the number of qualified senior staff dwindles and there are no "junior | |staff" ready to step into those roles? <frown>" | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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On 6/13/2026 3:25 PM, Niocl|is P||l Caile|in de Ghloucester wrote:

Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote: |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|"I wonder when they'll start trying to entice retirees back OUT of retirement|
|as the number of qualified senior staff dwindles and there are no "junior |
|staff" ready to step into those roles? <frown>" |
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Cf. Joerg <news@AnalogConsultants.com> wrote via
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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:10:42 -0800
- |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|"The world will remain analog. Past a certain clock rate all digital becomes|
|analog again but the supply of analog engineers is drying up. Which is why I|
|am yanked back out of retirement a lot. The next urgent problem is supposed |
|to arrive Monday before 10am. Maybe I get a chance to walk the dog before |
|it's here." |
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I see less and less demand for analog engineers. Even digital engineers. Implementations are increasingly moving into "writing text" instead of "soldering wires".

The number and variety of applications that can be addressed with
"software" or other programmable technologies is probably orders
of magnitudes greater than hardware solutions.

We can design *radios* (previously the exclusive domain of "analog implementations") with software. Signal processing at *television*
rates, etc.

They'll be fewer analog/digital designers because there will be fewer
jobs calling for those qualifications. Those types of designs are
too easily reused (how many people design power supplies?) Too many
cheap "modules" eliminating the need for folks to come up with a new
design for each product offering.

I believe I posted projections for the number of such jobs projected
and their salary ranges in a previous post.

<https://www.bls.gov/ooh/Computer-and-Information-Technology/>
<https://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/>
<https://www.bls.gov/ooh/math/>

The future (esp AI-safe) is with medical careers

<https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/>

Anyone know a dentist who works a *five* day week??

The Trades may have some protection -- but lousy (relatively) pay
that will only get worse as more displaced employees look for jobs
looking for low-hanging fruit.

<https://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/>
<https://www.bls.gov/ooh/production/>



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On 6/13/2026 3:57 PM, Don Y wrote:

On 6/13/2026 3:25 PM, Niocl|is P||l Caile|in de Ghloucester wrote:

They'll be fewer analog/digital designers because there will be fewer
jobs calling for those qualifications.-a Those types of designs are
too easily reused (how many people design power supplies?)-a Too many
cheap "modules" eliminating the need for folks to come up with a new
design for each product offering.

I believe I posted projections for the number of such jobs projected
and their salary ranges in a previous post.

Obviously the best career is COBOL programmer!

<https://www.indeed.com/q-cobol-programmer-jobs.html?vjk=145155703b3ec12a>

Of course, you'll likely have little say over where you work, what you work
on, the hours that you work, your supervision, choice of tools, etc.
But, you can be proud of the fact that you're *one* of a dying breed
and, thus, invaluable!

<rolls eyes>
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On 6/13/2026 2:43 AM, Don Y wrote:

Assuming, of course, that you can push off all the cruft that your
employer likely wants to dump in your lap!

<https://www.fastcompany.com/91483431/companies-replaced-entry-level-workers-
with-ai>

I wonder when they'll start trying to entice retirees back OUT of retirement as the number of qualified senior staff dwindles and there are no "junior staff" ready to step into those roles?-a <frown>

*This* seems to represent the comments my colleagues have been
making:
<https://www.index.dev/blog/developer-productivity-statistics-with-ai-tools>
though I can't speak to the metrics (and, despite "All reference sources are listed at the end of this article", I don't seem to see any!)

Amusing:

Developer Trust and Perception Toward AI Tools
+ Positive Sentiment Toward AI Tools Dropped to 60% in 2025
+ 46% of Developers Distrust the Accuracy of AI Outputs
+ 75% Developers Still Turn to Humans for Help

...

Perceived vs Actual Productivity with AI Tools
+ Developers Expected AI to Make Them 24% Faster
+ In Reality, with AI Tools Developer Tasks Took 19% Longer
+ Developers Still Believe AI Made Them 20% Faster

I suspect at ~$20 a month most will keep the services available.
But, they all seem to be returning to "their own devices"
as they want results, not hopes. Especially once you've got
(your) code in front of you!

I suspect the next generation will learn the value of
specifications -- if only to assist them in instructing
the AI as to THEIR goals!
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