Did something weird happen this week where all the big tech companies decided to simultaneously tell employees who are not full-in on AI that they need to be full-in on AI or find another job?

[vestige@sleepyhe.ad]

Did something weird happen this week where all the big tech companies decided to simultaneously tell employees who are not full-in on AI that they need to be full-in on AI or find another job?

Because... it kinda sounds like it??

[synack@corteximplant.com]

@vestige I want to say that it has something to do with first quarter earnings projections/targets, because Q1 is where most SaaS companies make their money. The rest of the year is where they make good on the promises made in Q1, and AI acceleration for "10X developers and product realization" cycles is where they think they're going to get that money from.

So, they want everyone to be all-in on AI to accelerate so that they can compress their release cycles even further and then they'll fire anyone that doesn't "get on board" because they're "too slow" and holding back the company. Or something like that, anyway.

This was triggered by a comment my CEO made in a company all-hands today.

[vestige@sleepyhe.ad]

@SynAck

I think that's sensible, but I think something else is going on right now.

My best guess is that the numbers show the bubble is at serious risk of popping in the next 60 days and they need adoption and B2B revenue numbers to stave off the chaos. And... it's a good excuse for layoffs, too.