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Escalations, stress, and a side of existential crisis—just another day in tech.

Ever wondered how to handle high-stakes incidents, and then realized just how much of IT work can be automated? This episode jumps into the weird world of tech jobs that shouldn’t be full-time but somehow are. Is it a win-win, or just corporate oblivion at its finest? And what happens when you’re so good at your job that you automate your way out of it? Let’s find out.

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Highlights:

The Hive Mind Effect: How working through chaos turns coworkers into an eerily synchronized unit.
The Growing Tech Knowledge Gap: When outdated systems and hiring missteps lead to jobs that shouldn’t exist.
AI, Automation, and Ethics: The fine line between streamlining workflows and making yourself obsolete.

Jump into the conversation:
(00:00) Intro

(01:30) The hive mind effect at work

(04:23) Automating yourself out of a job

(06:50) Digital evidence and IT headaches

(10:10) Cloud security and legal risks

(14:18) AI, automation, and job fears

(17:03) The ethics of doing less work

(20:27) Why tech hiring goes wrong

(22:15) The growing tech knowledge gap

(24:41) Generative AI and fear-driven choices

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