We just got our yearly bonus and our stock prices are at the highest they’ve ever been. We just got off an all hands call talking about how it’s been our best year yet! Then bonuses were slashed to pay for AI innovation. I’m so mad. Pay the people who make this happen - not copilot licenses.

Are we just going to be living in a perpetual state of fearing layoffs? Within the last year it seems like there are rumors on a monthly basis about my company planning layoffs and I've heard similar things from others in tech. I know the job market normally ebbs and flows but it feels with the advent of AI this is just forever going to be our lives now. What to do? 😭

My company strongly encourages us to use copilot for coding. I have two “vibe coders” in my team. Sometimes they do funny things (like writing a separate java class with getters for two constants, complete with a test class - all AI generated and absolute BS), but most days, it’s taking a toll on the rest of us. The most annoying part is that the management praises the “creative duo” while we struggle, trying to put out their fires and keep the code quality decent.

💭 If you were let go from your job tomorrow, what's the first thing you'd do?

I’m currently navigating my first major workplace mistake, and my brain is telling me to pack my bags and disappear. I accidentally sent an internal draft to a client group, and even though it was resolved in an hour, I feel like I’ve permanently ruined my reputation here. Everyone keeps telling me it happens to everyone, but the anxiety of waiting for the fallout is making it impossible to sleep. How do you bounce back?