Expected 60-70% workforce reduction across engineering orgs within 18 months
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spprashant
17 minutes ago
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The account handle is TechLayoffLover. Make of it what you will.
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Oras
3 hours ago
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From the profile of the author of the article:

> Nothing gets me going more than watching lazy, entitled tech workers who pretended to have real jobs finally get the boot.

I wouldn’t take opinions based on hate. The article might be correct, and he might talked to 30 CTOs, but based on his profile, he might talked to people with similar trait rather than genuine research.

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throwaw12
3 hours ago
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I don't as well, but there are some valid ideas lurking around in the minds of leadership.

Maybe not 60-70% reduction, but we are heading towards a direction where companies will need less people

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bitfilped
14 minutes ago
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This is all stupid advice from the same consulting firm. I have no doubt C suites will try this and I have no doubt it will backfire and end their businesses if they don't reverse course. Really tired of hearing this crap from people who have never used or run AI and don't understand their usefulness and limitations.
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re-thc
4 hours ago
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> One CTO said their board explicitly asked "why do we need humans writing code when agents ship faster with zero complaints"

Because all the humans were fired?

Zero complaints where? News articles have been showing plenty of AI-generated issues. We've got more downtime than ever. There's been security breaches and all sorts of things.

Yeah why...

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