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𝘀𝗼 𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱’𝘀 𝗖𝗘𝗢 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱— "𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬." • they cut 2/3 of their engg team • predict 33% salary drop • and hint that jobs might not be the jackpot anymore in short: your code might be valuable, but only if you own it. this ain’t just a hot take — it’s a wake-up call. because the tech game is shifting from 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 → 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. from 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬-𝐟𝐨𝐫-𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 → 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬-𝐚𝐬-𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬. and if that sounds scary? good. because the next wave won’t be getting hired by unicorns. it’ll be quietly becoming one.