# Bad Influence story: Tech job openings rise 17% as hardware and supply chain roles outgrow software

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-11 18:39. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/95507f87-42fd-4848-b672-1feb50ec650c

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Latest update (11-11 18:39): Tech job openings rise 17% as growth shifts from software to hardware roles

Overview: Open tech-company roles reached over 281,000, up 17% from a year ago, according to an X post by Orange AI (@oran_ge). The post says growth is concentrated in physical roles: hardware engineering openings doubled and supply chain openings rose 63%. Fast-growing jobs include data center technicians, installers, and field service engineers.

In the same data, product, engineering, and design openings grew only 2%, with design down 28% and UX research down 45%. The author says AI is creating jobs mainly by building and running chips, data centers, and other hardware rather than software. The post does not provide a methodology or underlying dataset.

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1. 11-11 18:39 · Orange AI · [Tech job openings rise 17% as growth shifts from software to hardware roles](https://badinfluence.news/items/t156yoqrpf7kquphc6m4f3k5m)
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