Foojay Podcast #11: Looking Back to 2022 and Predictions for 2023

Every new year invites a familiar question. Which of last year’s bold tech bets actually played out, and which fizzled? We sit down with Ted Neward to score his 2022 forecasts and then look ahead to what 2023 holds for developers, hiring, and the wider Java ecosystem. This is Foojay Podcast #11.

What we talked about

How Ted’s 2022 predictions held up against reality
Work-from-home becoming the default for many teams
The swing back from microservices toward deliberate monoliths
Demand for full-stack developers and the hiring squeeze
AI moving from hype into real adoption during 2023
A hiring acceleration in early 2023
The Twitter/Elon Musk story and parallels with Oracle’s acquisition of Java
Shifts coming in cloud infrastructure
The next “oriented” programming paradigms on the horizon

See the Foojay Podcast #11 for all info, shownotes, links, etc.