Entry-level tech jobs are getting wiped out (News)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

The San Fransisco Standard published some sobering news for new graduates, the Forge team decided to put an AI agent in your shell, Fernando Borretti says you can choose tools that make you happy, Jujutsu’s flexibility and safety changed Nathan Witmer’s approach to version control, Anil Dash is as excited about MCP as almost everyone else is & Alex Kladov shares two rules of thumb around pushing “ifs” up and “fors” down.

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1. What up, TLD nerds? (00:00:00)

2. Entry-level tech jobs are getting wiped out (00:00:48)

https://sfstandard.com/2025/05/20/silicon-valley-white-collar-recession-entry-level/?utm_source=changelog-news

3. Forge is an AI agent in your terminal (00:02:12)

https://forgecode.dev/?utm_source=changelog-news

4. Choose tools that make you happy (00:03:04)

https://borretti.me/article/you-can-choose-tools-that-make-you-happy?utm_source=changelog-news

5. What I've learned from "jj" (00:04:09)

https://zerowidth.com/2025/what-ive-learned-from-jj/

6. Sponsor: Depot (00:05:13)

https://depot.dev/blog/claude-code-in-github-actions?utm_source=changelog&utm_campaign=changelog-news

7. MCP is the coming of Web 2.0 2.0 (00:06:24)

https://www.anildash.com//2025/05/20/mcp-web20-20/?utm_source=changelog-news

8. Push "ifs" up and "fors" down (00:08:14)

https://matklad.github.io/2023/11/15/push-ifs-up-and-fors-down.html?utm_source=changelog-news

9. That's the news for now (00:09:22)

https://changelog.news