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Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency by khazhoux on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @12:25PM (#46798507)
I took “moved wherever the company needed me” as hopping from troubled project to project to help fix. This is often what the most senior engineers do, and also the Manager label doesn’t necessarily mean much in this context.

Not AI.

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Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency by lewisleclerc on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @06:43PM (#46803426)
I thought it was fairly obvious too. We have a few of the most senior engineers being assigned to multiple critical initiatives just because they've led others successfully
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