A 2012 Cloud Computing Story Resurfaces as the Blueprint for AI Job Anxiety
zacharynado · x · 2026-10-16
A widely shared comment argues that fears around AI are real but deeply familiar. The author recalls sitting in a storied global enterprise's office in 2012, when datacenter IT staff—experts in SANs, networking and VM infrastructure since the 90s, many in their 40s and 50s—asked what role remained for them as cloud computing arrived. His answer was blunt: adapt and build on the skills and experience you have; the old job is gone. The reblogger adds "all of this has happened before, and will happen again," suggesting AI-driven career anxiety mirrors the cloud transition.
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