# Ask HN: What are independent software contractors doing now? > Source: > Published: 2026-08-19 06:52:56+00:00 | |||||||||||| 1 point by | The amount of opportunities I've found doing independent contracting for people in the last year or two has went from easily being able to find one or two leads a week to none at all for several months. It seems with AI people are just not willing to hire devs for their pet projects anymore? | ||||||||||| |