Topic 1: Small companies are “labor hoarding” while large companies are laying off.
https://www.utahbusiness.com/labor-hoarding-tech/
https://www.teambonding.com/labor-hoarding/
Keeping employees at any cost!
Topic 2: Understanding the Dynamics of the Tech Workforce in 2023
Data Point 1: Tech Layoffs are Happening … But Not Because Tech is Suddenly Less Valuable
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-e28dd906-601f-480d-8c1a-656851613556.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0
Data Point 2: Tech Jobs are Less Attractive to Young Professionals
https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2023/01/09/tech-jobs-less-desireable-2023
Data Point 3: Shifting Preference for Generalists vs. Specialists … Plus a Mainstream Rise of “Business IT” Contributors
https://www.ciodive.com/news/technology-workforce-trends-2023/639543/
Amazon layoffs delivered by email. ← Low class or just modern times?
Topic 3: Cal Newport on the Digital Workplace: We got it wrong
Too much distraction. In fact, ALL distraction, all the time.
Primary thesis = We rarely get things right the first time. But we treat technology as if we do.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/01/23/magazine/cal-newport-interview.html
See also https://www.calnewport.com/books/deep-work/
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Episode 207 - Bigger and Bigger MSPs, AI, and How to Consume Advice
Episode 206: ChatGPT Year 1, Robots Multiplying by Thousands, and Destructive Private Equity
Episode 205 - Overworking, AI, AR, and More!
Episode 204: KIT LIVE at the SMB Online Conference
Epsiode 203: AI is Moving Fast, Killing IT Revisits the Cabana, & This Isn't Goodbye but See You Later
Episode 202: The Good Guys win the Cyber Wars, Scientist Using Wifi to See Through Walls, & AI and Ethics
Episode 201: Jobs Again, FBI Crime Data is NOT Good, & First Personal Drone to be Produced by India
Algorithms in need of MGMT Training, Microsoft drops $1B on ChatGPT, & Apple to Create Their Own Chip
Episode 198: the Generative AI Race, Last Pass Security Incident, and Intelligent Elevators
Episode 197: Military Fingerprints and Iris Scans on Ebay, the Remote Worker Whistleblower, Mab Simulates Time Travel with AI
Episode 196: Scammers Scamming the Scam, "Luddite" Teens, and the Drones are Here
Episode 195: The Bots are Here, AI Fiction Author, and Call Time on FAANG Stocks
Episode 194: Killer Robot Police, New Words for New Data Volume, AI Images--Good or bad?
Episode 193: The FTX Contagion, Goodnight to Alexa, Amazon Replaces Recruiters with AI!
Episode 192: Federal Communications Commission Draft High-speed Internet Coverage Maps, The Tech Labor Situation, and Fed. Govt Provide Cybersecurity Insurance
Episode 191: Lithium Ion Batters Recyclable, 9 in 10 SMBs Fear Ransomware Attack, and Rude Behavior might be Contagious
Episode 190: Stripe Layoffs, Twitter Melt down, & the Crypto Meltdown
Episode 189: U.S. drop in productivity, Cloud Computing to grow, US Banks spend $1 Bill on Ransomware
Episode 188: Japan pushes for digitization, Drone swarms, & Australia increase penalties for data breaches
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