Fable took my jorb

Its true. In a manner of speaking. If LLMs had not reached Fable / Mythos tier of marketed intelligence, I'd probably still have a job with the place I used to be at. For a short while.It wasn't that Fable was better at my job. As the last engineer, Fable was cheaper than my compensation. Evidently, it gave enough confidence to the last vestiges of leadership that they could coast until M&A.I've been through layoffs driven by budget cuts. I had to mechanically justify "I need this person because this product I'm oversee is critical to the business and still needs ownership" against a budget ceiling. Those I trusted to build out a greenfield product had their positions eliminated. The status quo was more important to maintain than resolving our operational issues with the next generation of our infrastructure.That first meeting crushed my soul. I heard my ears ring more violently than ever. The color drained from the world. I could barely walk straight.And, the next day, I went to a…