Azka Azmi’s search for a job in tech has been a bleak, largely human-free pursuit.

“It’s kind of demoralizing because you’re not really ever talking to anybody at the other side of the job search,” she says of companies replacing their job search process with AI tools. “It’s like machines talking to each other back and forth.”

Azmi graduated with a degree in computer science in the spring and has yet to secure employment.

There was a time when computer science was considered one of the hottest degrees, promising six-figure salaries and fun, perk-filled workplaces. But in 2024, online postings for software developer and programmer jobs in Ontario dropped 25 per cent from 2020 to 2024, leaving grads like Azmi struggling to find entry-level positions that some experts say are disappearing

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