Tech is hard, leaders arenβt always technical. AI is great at bullshitting, and itβs swooned many CEOs into thinking it will 10x (make them 10x more efficient than they previously were) existing employees / replace the need for programmers. Lots of leaders just look to what other leaders at companies are doing - some see what elon does at twitter as proof that downsizing drastically wonβt kill your company.
Programming is like editing a book with many chapters. New developers need time to learn the story line of the book before they can begin editing anything. If the book has been around and edited continuously for over a decade, itβs going to take some time for those developers to understand the book well enough to start making meaningful contributions. Lots of these tech companies have multiple books each with many chapters, and one thing leadership either doesnβt realize or doesnβt seem to factor into the equation is that maintaining these books and all their story arcs and character development gets harder and harder over time. Truly in the tech industry, itβs more expensive to train a new hire than it is to promote an existing hire.
But again, leaders are listening to folks like elon muskβ¦
Knock over your mouse countless times while moving your arm around.
Still worth it, though.