Career Development

Every month, another big tech company announces layoffs. And every time, the same keyword shows up in the headlines: AI. But the real reason is much simpler than that. The Pattern Nobody Questions If you follow tech news, you notice the same story on repeat. Every layoff announcement is tied to AI. “AI is replacing jobs.” “AI made these roles redundant.” The narrative is always the same. Recently, Block – founded by Jack Dorsey, also the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter – was one of those companies. Same story, same keyword. ...

Sam Altman recently said something that caught my attention: “Don’t learn to code.” Instead, he says, learn high agency, soft skills, and idea generation. I think he’s half right—and half dangerously wrong. Yes, high agency, soft skills, and idea generation matter. They mattered before the LLM era, and they still matter now. No argument there. But telling people to stop learning to code? That is the most dangerous advice in tech right now. ...

“So, what kind of engineer are you?” “I’m a Python engineer.” Every time I hear this, I cringe a little. Not because Python isn’t amazing—it absolutely is. But because somewhere along the way, we’ve started defining ourselves by our tools instead of our craft. I’m sure you’ve heard it too: “I am an AWS engineer,” “I am a React developer,” as if the tool has become their entire professional identity. ...