Sunday Asides #100

Sunday Asides #100 I've reached a point of relative stability with work right now. Both part-time jobs are steady, my full-time job search is still fruitless, but I'm doing okay. Not great, but not terrible. Just...okay. Surviving, not thriving. Living, but not giving. I'm here, I'm queer, and well...I'm used to it. According to Bloomberg, tech workers who don’t embrace AI could face 3x the risk of being laid off. Back when I worked at my last full-time job, I had to evaluate my team based on how much they used the AI tools we had, including making them getting certifications. For the folks who didn't want to use any AI tools, they were eventually put on PIPs and then phased out of the company. It fucking sucks. While we're talking about work — and this is from Fast Company — working remotely could make you more vulnerable to a layoff than AI! And get this — hybrid and on-site remote-capable workers are laid off at a similar rate. I'm assuming companies are still doing…