Johnny Blanchard
johnnyblanchard.bsky.social
Johnny Blanchard
@johnnyblanchard.bsky.social
Screenwriter, playwright, author, engineer, engineering manager and general nerd.

Follow me for nonsense about RetroComputing, RetroGaming and film
The engineers don’t go rushing back, let them stew in their own juices for a while. /rant
March 29, 2023 at 5:07 PM
A desperate attempt to maintain fake profit margins by cutting jobs and we have a perfect storm ending with thousands of trained, hard working engineers looking for jobs at the same time. All I hope is that when these companies realise the mistake …
March 29, 2023 at 5:06 PM
‘Magic’ around, so they’ll use any excuse to fire engineers. And so the engineers are lazy rhetoric starts being spread, by various over-hyped rich people and then by people trying to get attention by lying about their own experiences. Add to that …
March 29, 2023 at 5:04 PM
Nonsense. Users couldn’t or didn’t want to make and maintain their own software. AI can’t make software to the point that it will replace trained engineers, nor will it be anywhere close for a number of years. But non-technical managers hate having …
March 29, 2023 at 5:02 PM