Ryan Bigg Walks Away From Tech.

This is less one developer quitting than a warning about tech redefining “qualified” faster than employers can explain the job.

• –AI fluency is becoming a hiring checkbox even as companies struggle to define measurable business outcomes.
• –Fully remote work, geography, time zones, and narrow stack requirements compound into a much smaller opportunity pool.
• –Rejection counts are a weak proxy for engineering ability; they often reflect filtering systems, location constraints, and market timing.
• –Experienced developers increasingly need to market themselves around AI-enabled outcomes, not only language or framework expertise.
• –The community reaction suggests the deeper issue is institutional gatekeeping, not a sudden disappearance of senior engineering value. [Discussion](https://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/1x4asqq/leaving_tech/)