Holy crap it’s been 20 years since The Show with @zefrank.bsky.social

It's not just you--job hunting today really is a beast. As @shappy.bsky.social and @johnathan.bsky.social put it, the front door is fucked.

The secret? Focus on connecting with actual human people.

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The number of questions we've gotten from bosses in the last year who are really trying their best to both manage their teams, their goals and commitments to the org, and their org's AI mandates, but where those things are all entirely out of alignment with each other... this is everywhere.

On AI, margin pressure, and outsourcing all the best parts of work.

Oh, and on inventing tomorrow.

How's that for clickbait?

Shocking, I know. But the loudest conflict going on at work right now is not between prod and eng.

Some sane and pithy thoughts amidst the AI froth: mailchi.mp/rawsignal/no...

What AI Is Actually Doing to the Workforce YouTube video by The Atlantic

This is what it sounds like when grown-ups talk about AI. Johnathan and Melissa are absolute legends.
(this is a @rawsignal.ca stan account)
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Brandoooonnnnn! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 Would you believe our full conversation was twice this length? @cwarzel.bsky.social saving up the bloopers for an end of season round up, I presume.

🫶🏻🫶🏻

Is AI Going to Turn Us All Into Middle Managers? YouTube video by The Atlantic

This is a really great conversation with @rawsignal.ca about the AI boom, what's going on inside tech companies with adoption, and what it means for the future of work.

🫶🏻 thanks for reading, Pete

The most accurate description of the job market right now.

(Thanks, Scott 🫶🏻)

Yes! This!

“…management is a specifically human practice that seeks to get the best from a group of people by aligning their individual talents, motivations, and creativity with clearly communicated goals and opportunities. Good management centres the humanity of each employee…”

“Questions slow you down.”

Yes! Exactly why I love them.

(Hey thanks!)

Nonsense masquerading as insight - Johnathan & Melissa Here are three, quick ways to spot AI bullshit in the wild.

Here are three, quick ways to spot AI bullshit in the wild:

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Also "web4" 🤢

Molly if Citation Needed/w3igjg expands to ALSO cover AI grift/"web4" I feel like we need to get you, like, some staff? Maybe a lot of staff?

We are all rusty - Johnathan & Melissa This is a five-alarm fire in terms of human connection.

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rusty.rawsignal.ca

@matthewhughes.bsky.social Appreciated the manifesto very much. Thanks for writing it.

So was I

Former friend, surely!

Stochastic Flocks and the Critical Problem of 'Useful' AI Acknowledging that AI systems are advancing does not buy into hype, it sharpens the precision of critical thinking about their impacts, says Eryk Salvaggio.

To acknowledge the ways AI systems are changing does not buy into hype, it sharpens the precision of critical thinking about their impacts. To make sense of what AI does to people, you also need to understand what it does for them, writes Eryk Salvaggio.

This was very good. Thanks for capturing the current critical moment, @eryk.bsky.social

Get down off the table, my guy - Johnathan & Melissa Is this just another hype cycle you can ignore until it dies off? Maybe. But our sense is that this one's gonna be different.

Is this just another hype cycle you can ignore until it dies off? Maybe. But our sense is that this one's gonna be different.

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Right??

🫶🏻 thanks always for reading, friend!

@alexriehl.com your Q&A on Moltbook with Paterson was great, thanks for writing it