Fortune: 'Big Tech Is Laying Off Developers — My Company Just Hired Its First — We're Both Right About AI'
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Fortune published a May 29 piece crystallizing the AI labor polarization thesis: Big Tech is cutting developers while small businesses hire their first, enabled by AI force-multiplication. The article frames both sides as rational — one developer plus AI now equals an in-house software team for SMBs, while large companies shed roles AI has automated. This aligns with the broader 113K tech layoff figure running 33% above 2025's pace.