Proton CEO Andy Yen: 'This will be the last year that we hire engineers'
101008 · hn · 2026-10-30
Proton CEO Andy Yen declared that "this will be the last year that we hire engineers," a striking statement reflecting expectations that AI coding tools will reshape software engineering hiring. The remark sparked broad discussion on Hacker News.
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