[slopinthebag]

Where does it say those cuts were senior software developers?

Obviously they want new workers to use AI but I don't really see anything to suggest they're so successful with AI that they're firing all their seniors and hiring juniors to be meatbags for LLMs.

[xp84]

This just doesn't make any sense. Juniors + AI just does not equal seniors, except for prototyping greenfield projects. Who knows about 2 months from now, it moves fast and stuff, but not right now.

[robocat]

> just doesn't make any sense

I suspect the gap is that you don't know enough about IBM's business model.

When something doesn't make sense, a very common cause is a lack of context: many things can be extremely sensible for a business to do; things which appear insane from an outsider's point of view.

[fragmede]

probably aren't going to find a lot of articles discussing how water is wet, either.

[slopinthebag]

LOL great example. There are tons of articles on this topic:

https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/is-water-wet https://centreforinquiry.ca/keiths-conundrums-is-water-wet https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-17... http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=6097 https://parknotes.substack.com/p/is-water-wet-or-does-it-jus...

...etc. Turns out, it's not a solved question!