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0 pointsPeterStuer10mo ago0 comments

"Hiring someone gave my VP more headcount and therefore more clout"

Which is the sole reason automation will not make most people obsolete until the VP level themselves are automated.

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dlivingston10mo ago

No, not if the metric by which VPs get clout changes.

monkeyelite10mo ago

That metric is evaluated deep in the human psyche.

thfuran10mo ago

The more cloud spend the better. Take 10% of it as a bonus?

0xpgm9mo ago

It's about to change to doing more with less headcount and higher AI spend

Nasrudith9mo ago

Automation is just one form of "face a sufficiently competitive marketplace such that the company can no longer tolerate the dead-weight loss of their egos".

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