“The thought had occasionally crossed my mind: ‘Are we building tools to replace ourselves?’ But I’d convinced myself we were just automating the mundane to free everyone up for more strategic work.
“That narrative came crashing down when thousands of colleagues no longer had jobs.”
Our industry is full of naive motherfuckers like this. I see them daily at work.
Whenever you see someone or yourself repeating corporate talking points, remember that the core interests of the corporation contradict yours. The corpo only has you there because it can’t make as much money without you. It only pays you as much because it can’t get away with paying you less. There’s plenty variance and nuance between cases but all that’s overlayed on top of the base interests, it doesn’t obviate or replace them. The core interests are enforced as times get tougher or there’s other opportunity that promises to further them against yours.
Our industry is full of naive motherfuckers like this. I see them daily at work.
Whenever you see someone or yourself repeating corporate talking points, remember that the core interests of the corporation contradict yours. The corpo only has you there because it can’t make as much money without you. It only pays you as much because it can’t get away with paying you less. There’s plenty variance and nuance between cases but all that’s overlayed on top of the base interests, it doesn’t obviate or replace them. The core interests are enforced as times get tougher or there’s other opportunity that promises to further them against yours.