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← Tech layoffs can be both individually tragic and collectively bullish.

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Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under hiring hiring Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under market efficiency market efficiency Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Tech layoffs can be both individually tragic and collectively bullish. Tech layoffs can be both individuallytragic and collectively bullish. Last stated today 6 Oct 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-10-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Tech layoffs free up talent to tackle new problems and opportunities. — tap to centre the map on it Tech layoffs free up talent totackle new problems andopportunities. Last stated today 6 Oct 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-10-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Tech people tend to overestimate the risk of mass job loss from AI. — tap to centre the map on it Tech people tend to overestimate therisk of mass job loss from AI. Last stated 2 weeks ago 23 Sept 2026 SS Scott Sumner — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company must cut half its engineers to pay for the other half's tokens, and that is what the layoffs are actually about. — tap to centre the map on it A company must cut half itsengineers to pay for the otherhalf's tokens, and that is what thelayoffs are actually about. Last stated 7 months ago 11 Mar 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: The current tech layoffs are pandemic over-hiring correcting itself, with AI as the convenient excuse. — tap to centre the map on it The current tech layoffs arepandemic over-hiring correctingitself, with AI as the convenientexcuse. Last stated a month ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: The tech industry has a misallocation of productive capacity — tap to centre the map on it The tech industry has amisallocation of productive capacity Last stated 3 years ago 9 May 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-05-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Some firms are laying people off mainly so as not to look behind on AI, in a cascade of keeping up with the Joneses. — tap to centre the map on it Some firms are laying people offmainly so as not to look behind onAI, in a cascade of keeping up withthe Joneses. Last stated 4 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Expecting a layoff in advance provides little psychological protection against its effects. — tap to centre the map on it Expecting a layoff in advanceprovides little psychologicalprotection against its effects. Last stated 2 weeks ago 20 Sept 2026 RH Rob Henderson — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-branded layoffs are not about AI; they are about badly run companies putting an AI label on having hired too many people. — tap to centre the map on it AI-branded layoffs are not about AI;they are about badly run companiesputting an AI label on having hiredtoo many people. Last stated a week ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO cannot be a calibratedinterviewer for every role, soinsisting on interviewing everycandidate makes hiring worse ratherthan better. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company hiring a designer is not hiring a politician or spokesperson, so it should just get into the design work. — tap to centre the map on it A company hiring a designer is nothiring a politician or spokesperson,so it should just get into thedesign work. Last stated a week ago 29 Sept 2026 DM Danny Martinez — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not sensitive to the few thousand dollars a candidate is afraid to ask for, because the fully-loaded cost of employing them dwarfs it. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not sensitive to thefew thousand dollars a candidate isafraid to ask for, because thefully-loaded cost of employing themdwarfs it. Last stated 15 years ago 23 Jan 2012 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2012-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it A machine doing your work betterthan you is no reason to stop doingit, because the point of the workwas never that only you could do it. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill being automated is not areason to stop learning it:practising what machines already dois often the stepping stone to whatonly people can do. Last stated 11 months ago 18 Nov 2025 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job. — tap to centre the map on it A well-written email does not needan AI summary, and an executive whodelegates his reading to one hasstopped doing the job. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: "I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out. — tap to centre the map on it "I don't know" becomes a kind ofsuperpower when you can work withClaude Code to figure things out. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent does not learn fromits mistakes the way a person does-- it repeats the same errorindefinitely unless a human noticesand writes it down. Last stated 6 months ago 25 Mar 2026 MZ Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent left to run over a weekend returns work that is half good, a quarter garbage and a quarter in need of repair. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent left to run over aweekend returns work that is halfgood, a quarter garbage and aquarter in need of repair. Last stated a year ago 18 Aug 2025 CB Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are
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