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The Talent Barbell: Why Mid-Level Tech Hiring Is Collapsing and What Replaces It

Tech hiring is barbelling: fierce competition for senior talent and cheap junior capacity, with the middle squeezed out. This is structural, not a hype cycle.

13 Aug 2026 9 min read

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The AI Headcount Illusion: What Agents Actually Do to the Org Chart

Agents rarely shrink payrolls. They convert doing-work into checking-work, and winning org charts are redesigned around that conversion, not headcount.

23 Jul 2026 9 min read

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