Hacker News: droopboop0https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=droopboop0Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:29:48 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by droopboop0 in "AI didn't cause the tech jobs bust, but it explains why there's no recovery"]]>We looked at 73K Upwork jobs posted in September. 27.6% mentioned AI, but only ~3.5% were actually AI-focused projects.

Seems like there's still plenty of demand for regular dev work. AI is often just a buzzword in job descriptions.

Curious, did you look at freelance/contract work too, or just full-time jobs?

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