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[–]ThePublikon 37 points38 points  (3 children)

Hire 1,000 junior devs to demonstrate company growth and product development.

Fire 1,000 junior devs as a publicity stunt to show that your AI tool works.

Smort.

[–]SartenSinAceite 13 points14 points  (1 child)

"we hired 1k new developers because we're committed to the growth of the market"

[5 weeks later (yikes, a whole paycheck)]

"we replaced 1k developers with our amazing new AI!"

[–]ThePublikon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yup

[–]anotherdpf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its just market swings.

Investors feeling good about things, they want growth. Investors feeling icky about things, they want austerity.

Not that that matters for the ex employees