Engineer pushes back on AI job-loss narrative: big tech layoffs follow earnings cycles
Nasereliver · x · 2026-10-29
An engineer describes building an AI-powered POC and running org-wide AI enablement workshops, saying his career prospects have never been better. He argues claims that big companies lay off engineers because AI writes code are "ignorant or a convenient lie" — layoffs track quarterly earnings cycles, and nearly every big company still has open roles. "The people who worry about AI replacing them were not really engineers. They just had a job that involved writing code."
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