Layoff announcements are reading more like AI-era manifestos

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Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes (left) and Block CEO Jack Dorsey have written memos announcing layoffs and explaining their visions for their respective companies.

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A software CEO called me on the weekend recently with painful predictions. One is already coming true.

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The Atlassian logo on a Formula 1 car

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Atlassian's CEO spelled out 3 types of employees spared in his layoffs — and it's good news for graduates

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Last year, Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes said that his company would have more engineers working for it in five years than it did then.

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Atlassian says it's laying off 10% of its global workforce and attributes the cut to the 'AI era'

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Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes.
Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes. The company is laying off 10% of its employees.

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How a developer used Google Gemini to replace his Kanban board

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Richard Murby, director of business development at Devpost, at OpenAI's DevDay conference in San Francisco.
Richard Murby, director of business development at Devpost, at OpenAI's DevDay conference in San Francisco.

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Remote companies like Dropbox and Atlassian say they're getting flooded with applications, as other firms RTO

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Remote companies said they have an advantage when it comes to sourcing talent.

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Atlassian's CEO explains why the company is planning for more engineers, not fewer

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Atlassian's CEO says vibe coding isn't replacing "core technologists" at his company.

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His video startup made him wealthy. Now comes the hard part: figuring out what to do with the rest of his life.

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Loom Joe Thomas Vinay Hiremath
Vinay Hiremath (left), a co-founder of Loom, reflected on finding purpose after selling the company.

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This billionaire tech CEO is just fine with staff working wherever they want to – and only goes to the office once every three months

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Scott Farquhar smiling on stage whilst wearing a microphone and Atlassian black t-shirt and jeans
Scott Farquhar is CEO of Atlassian.

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