Goto Loop

By Jk Jensen

Will AI replace software engineers? How do you get a job when supply and demand have flipped? Is software even as lucrative as it once was? Join us for discussions on these topics and more.

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How many episodes does Goto Loop have?

The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.

Goto Loop episodes:

May 31, 2025We are so back
The AI bulls are back! Insiders believe AI is here to take your dev job, but the hiring market suggests otherwise…
Austin Allred Tweet
Software Engineering Jobs Tax Deduction
Anthropic researchers “white collar jobs automated in 5 years”
Google Chief AI Scientist - “AI = Junior dev in less than a year”
Lenny’s Job report
...more
47min
April 25, 2025My Morning LLM Mech Suit
Cheat on everything and your degree means... nothing? Don't give into the extreme viewpoints, everything will be just fine.
Exploring technological disruptions, from cheating tools to AI's impact on education and software development.
Cluely's launch sparks ethical and legal debates about cheating in academic and professional settings.
49% of Gen Z feel college degrees are devalued as employers prioritize AI literacy over traditional qualifications.
LLMs boost coding speed in familiar frameworks but require human oversight for quality in complex projects.
Only 20% of seasoned Big Tech engineers embrace AI tools, with 30% considering leaving the industry.
How can we balance AI-driven progress with integrity and fairness?
...more
35min
April 20, 2025College Admissions
Our discussion moves to college admissions, where many surprising rejections have been recently coming through. Also, a new week, a new model with Llama 4 and people are seriously questioning AI progress.
Llama 4
AI Progress Questioned
Analyzing the Housing Affordability Crisis for Engineers
The Overwhelming Complexity of Software Engineering
Cal AI founder rejections
And corresponding tweet
High-Achieving Student Rejected by Ivy League for CS, Accepted to UMass Amherst
College Admissions Competition
...more
35min
March 27, 2025Copium
In this one we chat about recent AI developments, including Gemini 2.5 and ChatGPT's image generation, along with a deep dive into one person's experience on the levels.fyi forum.
Gemini 2.5 pro is cooking?
ChatGPT image generation
Blocklists in the industry
Is the market just cooked for new grads? (from levels.fyi)
...more
51min
March 21, 2025Extreme Vibe Coding
Oops, we failed recording episode 6. This one worked! Vibe coding is the new hotness. Is it really the future? We talk about (more) CEOs declaring software careers dead early and why the AI takeover is not as clear cut as some would have you think.
Student using AI to cheat on interviews
WSJ says job hopping isn’t as lucrative as it once was
Anthropic's CEO predicts AI will code 90% of software in 3-6 months, all in a year
Bear case against AI taking over
Sesame new voice assistant
https://www.ultravox.ai/
Karpathy coining the term "Vibe Coding"
...more
54min
February 27, 2025The AI Job Economy
We are joined by our long time friend Westley, who shares his journey through defense tech with us. We discuss the onslaught of recent AI news and how everyone seems to have an opinion on AI replacing software engineers.
Show notes:

AI Model updates – Grok 3 benchmarks, Sonnet 3.7 and Claude Code

OpenAI Roadmap

New companies from Ilya & Mira Murati

Junior Engineers can't code

Analysis of Microsoft AI vs. critical thinking paper

Meta AI data center project

Apple AI infra investments

Covid SWE jobs vs HR

Sahil on not hiring junior + mid-level eng

Anthropic Economic Index results

Why is Everyone Trying to Replace Software Engineers?

Silicon Valley Engineers Can't Find Jobs

Westley's company, Trillium is hiring!
...more
1h 10min
February 12, 2025Affirmations for Engineers
Today we invite our first guest, Adarsh, on the show! Adarsh is an MS student at Arizona state. He shares with us his experience with the upending of CS curriculum by AI tools, the challenges of getting past application tracking systems (ATSs), and a heartfelt set of affirmations for those on the hunt for their first job.

Show notes:
MSFT, Meta layoffs
Kimi AI (China is cooking)
Dwarkesh –why hasn’t AI produced anything novel?
Lex Fridman Deepseek episode ->university hiring and job loss
...more
1h 8min
February 03, 2025The Zuckond Coming
Zuck is now king. Rogan, layoffs, and no more DEI. Plus the xAI app rocks and does OpenAI really have a moat?
Show notes:
No more Meta DEI

Zuck / Rogan pod: ⁠Summary of⁠ Cory’s thoughts

Zuck banned trump from meta for 2 years, kind of pretending like he’s the good guy all along

Meta terminations : “The terminations will be based on performance, per the memo from CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who said he's "decided to raise the bar" in preparation for "an intense year." Affected employees in the U.S. will be notified Feb. 10, and Meta plans to refill those roles within the year.”

xAI iPhone app review

Commoditization effect of AI

Contrary - Bullish on hiring: https://x.com/alliekmiller/status/1877376690126495993?s=46

https://x.com/svpino/status/1882482177373622289
...more
48min
January 08, 2025More Junior Dev Drama, @sama Says We're Near AGI? @zuck Fact Check, H1Bs
In this episode, we continue our discussion of junior folks in software. We also talk about current events around AGI, Mark Zuckerberg's fact checker announcement, and the X H1B debate.

Show notes:
Junior dev roles are disappearing

Roon tells us we underestimate the future

@sama letter on AI

@sama 6 word story

Mark Zuckerberg's announcement

Elon's initial H1B response

And follow up

Vivek's response
...more
49min
December 20, 2024Booting Up
Hello world. In this episode, Cory and Jk discuss the hiring environment for new software engineers today. Things have changed since AI tooling has entered the chat, and new engineers are having a harder time finding good jobs.
Show notes:
The tweet mentioned
Another resource on the topic of whether the traditional junior engineer archetype is dead
...more
45min

FAQs about Goto Loop:

How many episodes does Goto Loop have?

The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.