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The tech hiring market is being pulled in two directions: a flood of candidates for certain roles and stark shortages in others. New survey data from Indeed highlights the unevenness of the tech talent landscape and the profound impact of AI on reshaping the skills employers need most. While many tech jobs attract an oversupply of applicants, the study found that key areas, such as cloud computing, data analytics, and AI development, are still starved for qualified professionals.

The percentage of companies led by co-CEOs hasn't changed much over the past five years, data firm Equilar found. It hovers around 1.2% of the Russell 3000 index, a broad measure of the US stock market. Yet more companies could adopt this structure, even temporarily, as forces like AI create a dizzying pace of change for leaders and prompt companies to rethink operations.

I don't think we've necessarily seen a material change in the cadence of budget flow ... There's definitely shifts and changes - tariffs impact auto, tariffs impact everything. So as macro changes happen, that definitely has an impact on individual marketing plans. But I don't think it's materially - year-over-year - vastly different from where it was before.

In 2025, attracting top developers is more challenging than ever. A competitive pay package is table stakes, remote flexibility is expected, and AI is reshaping how teams operate and what engineers value. College isn't necessary for big tech jobs SignalFire's data reveals a new reality: a handful of companies have cracked the code to build cultures where top engineers flock to, stay, grow, and multiply their impact. These outliers have achieved something rare: both high talent density and high retention, at scale.

AI is impacting engineering hiring by leading to significant layoffs, reduced hiring, and a shift toward relying on seasoned developers, sidelining junior engineers in the process.

Microsoft is potentially set to experience a significant rise in profitability over the coming years, driven by AI-enabled cost reductions and enhanced AI-based product offerings.

Instead of replacing workers, organizations are finding real gains from "replacing BPOs [business process outsourcing] and external agencies, not cutting internal staff."

Kanika Mohan's journey illustrates the challenges faced by tech graduates amidst a hiring slowdown, highlighting the need to broaden job searches beyond traditional tech roles.

Last year saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 549 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. So far this year, more than 22,000 workers have been the victim of reductions across the tech industry.

Jobs and Skills Australia's report indicates that generative AI will significantly automate routine clerical jobs while enhancing roles requiring high skill levels.

If a self-directed, virtual, or hybrid work schedule is essential for you to manage your career aspirations and life challenges, you will have a difficult time aligning your priorities with those of the company and the culture we aim to establish.

Human-made content will remain crucial as consumer information sources, with human expression increasingly valued amid the rise of AI-generated outputs.

Participants with the strongest, most distributed neural networks (i.e., they used more of their brain) didn't use technology. The more technology participants used, the less they used their brains.

74% of Orange County workers are satisfied with their work. 52% of workers desire a hybrid work schedule most or all of the time. 71% of workers find AI helpful, with 57% saying it makes them more productive.

Employers across the U.S. announced 62,075 job cuts in July, a 29% increase from June and a 140% surge over July 2024, ending the typical midsummer lull.

Maximizing leads to less happiness, as constantly seeking the best option increases regret and dissatisfaction. Too many choices create decision fatigue, reducing contentment.

"There are groups of editors conspiring to publish low quality articles, at scale, escaping traditional peer review processes," said the study's lead author Reece Richardson, a social scientist at Northwestern University, US.

AI-generated summaries now appearing regularly in Google searches discourage users from clicking through to source articles.

Your job is to create content that resonates - not alienates.

A Pew Research Center report published this spring analyzed data from 900 U.S. adults who agreed to share their online browsing activity. About six-in-ten respondents (58%) conducted at least one Google search in March 2025 that produced an AI-generated summary. Additional analysis found that Google users were less likely to click on result links when visiting search pages with an AI summary compared with those without one. For searches that resulted in an AI-generated summary, users very rarely clicked on the sources cited.

Brain rot, now defined as a perceived loss of intelligence due to overconsumption of unchallenging content, lacks scientific evidence of cognitive harm.