What the Hell Even is This Job Title?

Job titles used to tell you what a job was. Now they often raise more questions than answers. In this episode, host Josh Levine looks at the rise of strange, sprawling, and sometimes absurd job titles—and what they reveal about how quickly work is changing. Drawing on conversations with job seekers, coaches, and operators inside companies, he explores why organizations often don’t actually know what they’re hiring for, how AI and rapid change are reshaping roles faster than systems can keep up, and why candidates are being filtered for jobs that aren’t clearly defined. The bigger shift isn’t just in titles—it’s in identity. As roles become fluid and expectations blur, the people who move forward may be the ones willing to redefine themselves before the market does it for them.About The Job Market Sh*t ShowThe Job Market Sh*t Show: How AI Broke Hiring and What Might Be Next is an investigation into how hiring actually works now, how AI and automation have upended the process, and why the old rules no longer apply. It blends reporting, analysis, and firsthand stories from inside a labor market that’s increasingly algorithmic, opaque, and indifferent to the people moving through it—while asking what, if anything, might replace a system that no longer seems to work for humans on either side of the process.