Shared Links (bi-weekly) May 3, 2026
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Worth Reading – AI’s Economics Don’t Make Sense
I’m cherry-picking the Microsoft note, but the same is true of every AI company out there. Unlimited Copilot interactions cost much, much more than $30 per month in compute costs. Someday, Microsoft and all the other companies will have to change their entire model to show any profit.
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Worth Reading – When You’re Stuck on “Help Wanted”
I feel like we learned this in Econ 101, right? It’s a simple supply-and-demand curve. If you can’t buy the supply at the price you are offering, you need to raise it. Yet, the article goes on to talk about all the reasons why this isn’t happening, and they aren’t what you’d expect. It’s not just small shops that lack the resources to conduct salary research; it’s also very large, growing companies that don’t want to adjust the salaries of currently underpaid employees or are hesitant to commit to higher salaries long-term, etc.
In the end, though, those concerns are your problem, not the candidates.
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Shared Links (weekly) April 19, 2026
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Shared Links (weekly) April 12, 2026
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Worth Reading – Nobody Is Coming to Save Your Career
It doesn’t take much to stand out as a manager when no one is taking the time to even ask about the career goals of the people who report to you. The organization probably isn’t going to provide much in the way of talent development budget, but if you can just show you care and provide some mentorship, you’ll be outdoing 90% of the managers out there.
