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How tech workers are feeling in 2026: a workforce splitting in two
55.7% of tech workers now report significant burnout, up from 44.7% a year ago, while career optimism has dropped to 48.7% from 54.8%. Only 22% cite losing their job to AI as a top fear, and the correlation between AI replacing parts of a job and layoff worry sits at essentially zero. What's actually driving the anxiety is the squeeze, since AI raised the bar for output and the reward has been more work for the same pay rather than fewer hours. More than half of respondents say they would steer a newcomer away from their own field, producing an average career recommendation score of -39.
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