Companies are hiring for something AI can't do, a review of millions of job listings found
THE SO WHAT
Demand is holding for tech talent, but the mix is tilting toward the parts of the stack AI can’t easily absorb—product judgment, systems thinking, domain depth, and cross-functional glue. If your job architecture still treats “coder” as a monolith, you’re misaligned with where 2.85M listings say value is accruing.
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