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3. In IT, some companies ditched entry-level jobs before AI became big.

Reply to dickthegrouch (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 29, 2026, 04:03 PM

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(at least in my specialty)

The c-suite seems to think it is somehow better to farm out the work to contractors rather than hire entry-level and train in-house.

I think it's moronic but I'm not a CIO, so what do I know?

(and the other thing about contractors in many IT roles, they come from the big contractors like Cognizant who know how to manipulate the H-1B system. Meaning, not hiring Americans out of college. )

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The Great AI Deskilling has begun (Business Insider, March 28) [View all] highplainsdem Sunday OP

It is happening without AI. AI will exacerbate. cachukis Sunday #1

I think you meant exacerbate, but I agree. dickthegrouch Sunday #2

In IT, some companies ditched entry-level jobs before AI became big. RandomNumbers Sunday #3

kick highplainsdem Sunday #4

again highplainsdem Yesterday #5