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What Your Clients Are Actually Thinking: The Business Owner's AI Calculation
Your client just built their app with ChatGPT instead of hiring you. Here's why they did it, what they're experiencing, and what they don't understand yet. Intelligence from the other side of the table.
The $500 App: What Happens When Your Client Becomes a Vibe Coder
A developer spent 2 years on a client's app. The client built it with ChatGPT for $500. Here's what this means for developers—and why the real opportunity isn't in competing with AI, but in cleaning up after it.
It's Not Just AI: 5 Forces Killing Tech Jobs
AI gets blamed for everything. But tech hiring collapsed due to tax code changes, interest rate hikes, COVID overhiring corrections, and outsourcing—not just automation. Understanding the real causes helps you make smarter career decisions.
No Junior Dev Jobs? Build Your Own Path
Entry-level dev jobs are down 60%. But here's what nobody's telling you: AI democratizes in both directions. The same tools eliminating junior positions are creating entirely new markets you can serve. Here are 5 paths that actually work.
GPU Gambit: Companies Cut Jobs to BUY AI
When Amazon lays off 30,000 workers, the headline screams 'AI taking jobs.' The reality? They're cutting payroll to fund $100B in GPU purchases. Here's the capital reallocation story nobody's telling.
85 Call Center Workers Gone: AI's Real Impact
One company dropped their outsourcing contract and replaced 85 CSRs with AI handling L1, L2, and 25% of L3 calls. 40 more specialists are next by January. Here's what's actually happening in call centers—and what you can do about it.
The 4th Way to Scale Expertise With AI
For thousands of years, experts had 3 bad options to scale: work more hours (burnout), hire people (dilutes expertise), or raise prices (hits ceiling). AI just invented the 4th way—and it's not about automation. It's about attacking the documentation bottleneck that's trapped your expertise.
AI-Powered Lawyer: Scale Without Associates
Lawyers spend just 2.9 hours/day on billable work—the rest is documentation waste. Here's how to use AI to turn 8-hour briefs into 2-hour briefs, reclaim 3+ hours daily, and scale your practice without diluting your expertise or managing more people.
AI-Augmented Doctor: Beat Burnout
Doctors spend 69% of their time on clerical tasks that don't require medical training, driving 40% burnout rates. Here's how AI ambient documentation cuts chart note time from 45 minutes to 5 minutes, letting you see 2+ more patients per hour or leave on time for once.
Software Engineer Denial: LinkedIn vs Reality
Software engineers on LinkedIn say they're safe from AI. The data disagrees: entry-level jobs down 60%, bootcamp grads can't get interviews.
Success Story: From Bookkeeper to AI-Powered CFO Consultant
How Sarah transformed from a traditional bookkeeper facing automation anxiety into a high-value CFO consultant using AI to serve 5x more clients. A real-world example of AI augmentation in accounting.
What People Actually Pay For (Job Safety)
The dirty secret of automation: people don't pay for tasks, they pay for trust, judgment, and responsibility. Here's why that matters for your career.
Accountants Survived Calculators, So Will You
Accountants thought calculators would end their careers—then their numbers tripled. Here's the pattern that repeats every generation, and what it means for surviving AI.
Why AI Training Won't Save Your Job
Amazon cut 14,000 jobs despite offering AI training. Shopify replaced support staff with AI after training them. Here's the uncomfortable truth about AI training vs AI fluency—and how to actually protect your career.
AI Training vs AI Fluency: The Critical Difference That Determines Your Job Security
Amazon trained 14,000 employees on AI, then laid them off. The difference between AI training and AI fluency determines whether you become more valuable or more replaceable. Here's the framework.
AI-Fluent Accountant: 90-Day Transformation
Bookkeeping is dying. Advisory is thriving. Here's exactly how to use AI to eliminate your busywork, triple your value, and build the career AI can't replace—with specific tools, workflows, and a week-by-week plan.