Hey sorry to hear that, layoffs really suck. Do you think it happened because of AI "taking your job" or was the org doing poorly regardless?
Hey sorry to hear that, layoffs really suck. Do you think it happened because of AI "taking your job" or was the org doing poorly regardless?
I lost my largest customer because they wanted to take development in-house. They're going AI-first and not hiring more developers. Just getting rid of contractors. It's going to be interesting to see.
My prediction: Will go awesome for a few months, and the cracks will start to show. Might even ask you to come back and fix something AI can't seem to get quite right.
A lot of my gig work comes from non-technical people who started down the path with vibe-coding and need bailed out. I foresee a future where I'm overseeing a larger portfolio of projects that just need me to keep things from going off the rails completely.