Mass layoffs at Big Tech, zero-cost education and millions of people pivoting to a coding career — do we now have glut of software engineers and a dearth of traditional engineers? — Prologue Musk firing half of Twitter’s workforce and the mass resignations that ensued is the most dramatic scene so far of the tech job cull. …

100 years after ridding British landlords Ireland has sold its people to corporate landlords — Future Perspectives Newsletter is a round-up of my essays from the frontier of digital money, governance and organization. For more info on my REST API technical writing for Fintech companies please visit www.andrewgillick.com This is how capitalism ends: not with a revolutionary bang, but with an evolutionary whimper. Just as…

From the antipodes to the Americas all industries are understaffed and unemployment rates are low. Has the threat of automation been overblown or is this the last stand of human workers? — She spins, hands above her head in a pirouette motion to the back of the trolley; ducks under an open overhead bin, then rising up with outstretched arms she graciously offers a final flourish. Two red wines. Her beaming smile belies the pain of the performance she’s put on for…

Have the majority of creators joined the New Rat Race? — Promising new business models, financial independence, recurrent online income, and escaping the 9–5 the creator economy was already in a precarious state before ChatGPT was unleashed. Future Perspectives Newsletter is a round-up of my essays from the frontier of digital money, governance and organization. …

Crypto Marketing is Making Lower Lows — Future Perspectives Newsletter is a round-up of my essays from the frontier of digital money, governance and organization. For more info on my REST API technical writing for Fintech companies please visit www.andrewgillick.com The presence of Crypto.com on advertising boards at every game in the Fifa World Cup is confirmation…

It is possibly an entire industry full of Wirecards — The crypto parody continues as the company that earlier bailed out the industry that’s supposed to save us from Wall St now needs to be bailed out by Wall St. Bankman will be door-knocking cap in hand to every financial engineer on the Street to concoct $8b to pay for…

The bursting of the White Collar Job Bubble and how venture capital siphoned workers out of the physical economy and its trades and into the digital economy. — Prologue The decimation of US tech valuations continues: over 70% wiped off Meta’s value this year; Amazon -40%; Microsoft -30%. This is due to lower than expected earnings and the first round of large layoffs at Big Tech. …

How taking a step back in my career led to a leap forward in other areas of my life and work — After nearly five years pursuing a career in fintech startups I realized I was missing the basics. Working remotely I was missing human interaction; working all day with software I was missing tangible work; my body and hands were soft from of pixel pushing; and I was helping to build…

10 key re-enforcing points from former Australian PM Kevin Rudd and investor Ray Dalio on the possibility of a China-US war — About the authors: Both author’s have unique and unprecedented access to China’s business and political elite. Rudd has worked in and around Chinese politics for 40 years since he was a student and one of the few Western politicians — let alone prime ministers — who is fluent in Mandarin. …