Labor

Youth software developer hiring -20%, AI-adopting firms -13% new hires

Stanford Digital Economy Lab: age 22-25 software dev hiring down ~20% from 2022 peak. Software hiring posts fell 53%. AI-adoption firms cut 13% entry-level hires.

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