Atlassian's AI Sacrifice: Firing Engineers to Hire "AI Talent"
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This episode explores Atlassian's recent layoff of 1600 employees, including over 900 in R&D, as a strategic pivot to "self-fund further investment in AI." Listeners will learn about the significant financial implications of this move, the controversial method of employee notification, and how the company is sacrificing institutional knowledge and restructuring leadership in a calculated bet on…