# 2025 Year in Review

DevFeed: [2025 Year in Review](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/2025-year-in-review-37611.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://swizec.com/blog/2025-year-in-review>)

Author: hi@swizec.com (Swizec Teller)

Published: 2026-01-02T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Swizec Teller](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/swizec-teller.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Generative AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/generative-ai.md>), [ChatGPT](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chatgpt.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [chatgpt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chatgpt.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [generative-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generative-ai.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

A personal 2025 year-in-review essay reflects on changing career goals, economic conditions affecting software engineers, hiring, and the impact of generative AI on programming education and engineering work. It argues that building systems and developing good technical judgment remain important.

## Source excerpt

I called it a year in review but it's so much more.