Fifteen thousand in a week

Find out about Meta's new AI-focused hiring strategy, and how AI-generated resumes are making the hiring process more difficult.

May 20 • Joseph Burns

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This one looks different

The April jobs numbers surprised again, while Cloudflare's AI layoff seems to have different implications.

May 14 • Joseph Burns

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Pick up where you left off

Hiring jumped in March and got almost no coverage, while Big Tech's AI-efficiency narrative takes over the headlines.

May 6 • Joseph Burns

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April 2026

Are you building or just visiting?

The US hiring market is frozen, not broken. What's behind Big Tech's AI layoff story, plus why Argentina just became a more interesting place to build.

Apr 29 • Joseph Burns

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Stay grounded in something real

The March jobs report caught everyone off guard, and now the AI reskilling gap is turning into a real hiring challenge.

Apr 8 • Joseph Burns

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You can’t make this up

Oracle finds a new use for its employees' email inbox. Also, there are AI jobs out there that aren’t getting much attention.

Apr 1 • Joseph Burns

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March 2026

You’ll want to check out these numbers

Disruption and growth are happening at the same time, but in different places. To see where the real momentum is, you have to look past the noise.

Mar 25 • Joseph Burns

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Nobody believed in Venezuela

Grit, the AI layoff wave hitting a new gear, and what honest restructuring really looks like.

Mar 19 • Joseph Burns

Mind the gap

The distance between what AI can do and what it's actually doing is the only number that matters.

Mar 11 • Joseph Burns

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Somebody always says it out loud first

This week: Jack Dorsey’s 40% cut, Nvidia’s numbers that didn’t satisfy, and the Microsoft AI chief who put a countdown clock on your job.

Mar 4 • Joseph Burns

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February 2026

They built the AI. Then they got laid off.

AI, higher pay for certain skills, and the reasons Big Tech keeps letting go of teams that still make money.

Feb 26 • Joseph Burns

When leaders stop yelling and start talking

Looking past the headlines this week.

Feb 18 • Joseph Burns

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