The tech industry is thriving. The people who built it are being discarded. Companies are cutting solid workers on the expectation AI will replace them, not because it has. The $100k job didn't vanish, it got hollowed out and handed off to cheaper employees while the people who held it wonder what's next. We've done this before. The space program scattered its talent and spent decades relearning what it already knew. The industry is about to forge ahead on the same path. The

Something feels off about the job market, even when the data says otherwise. This post breaks down why. I explore the composition effect, wage growth by percentile, the impact of tech layoffs, and why AI and innovation cuts are reshaping the economy in ways we’re not measuring correctly. It’s a look at how headline numbers can miss what’s actually happening on the ground.

The customer is always right. Except now, where the customer is a byproduct of companies ever expanding profits.

Subscriptions are ubiquitous in our world. Innovation is the lifeblood of industries. Can they both work together to make better products?

We have accepted the Race to Mediocrity for too long. It’s time we change direction we are headed.