Steve Yegge, Sourcegraph, ETLS Vegas (99)
summary
Claims that zero interest rate policy plus a $2 trillion stimulus create a hiring boom starting March 2020, peaking around ChatGPT’s release, then reversing after Zer ends in March 2022; argues lost productivity is not explained by RTO alone and that entitlement spreads through orgs (cites 10% of Amazon anecdote) as a structural cultural shift. Links the boom to rapid company creation and an AI-driven developer tooling surge, then a sharp downturn that exposes fragile staffing and delivery practices.
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