Tech Job Market in 2025: AI Impact and Drupal Developer Decline

Staff Reporter

The May 18 episode of Code-n-Character explores the shrinking tech job market in 2025. Hosts Bevan Wishart and Ivan Zugec focus on the drop in full-time Drupal roles and the challenges of freelancing amid global economic uncertainty. They urge developers to consider switching to frameworks like Laravel, Symfony, or Next.js.

The discussion highlights how AI tools such as ChatGPT and Gemini are reshaping development workflows. They stress the need for developers to improve soft skills like communication and system architecture. The hosts also examine how over-relying on AI can lead to unstructured, unsustainable code.

Notably, they discuss emerging tools that could soon convert entire codebases between frameworks automatically. This episode offers a grounded look at career survival strategies in a fast-changing development landscape.

Reference: Will Your Tech Job Disappear This Year? by Bevan Wishart and Ivan Zugec (18 May 2025)

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