Ask HN: Are you a SWE that lost job purely due to AI? Share your story 18 pointsmatijash6 months ago3 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−lyaocean6moHaven’t seen a clean “AI replaced me” case yet; mostly I’ve seen hiring freezes plus one engineer expected to do 1.5x with copilots. A clearer signal is this: was the role removed and budget moved to tooling, or just cut with no replacement?−shoo6moprior ask HN thread from early feb 2026: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46867190−GoToRO6moAI? No. Geopolitical reasons? Yes.
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Haven’t seen a clean “AI replaced me” case yet; mostly I’ve seen hiring freezes plus one engineer expected to do 1.5x with copilots. A clearer signal is this: was the role removed and budget moved to tooling, or just cut with no replacement?
prior ask HN thread from early feb 2026: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46867190
AI? No. Geopolitical reasons? Yes.