Glad you survived the purge, I’m sensing one going on at a company I’m currently contracting for and everyone, bosses included, look tired and shell-shocked.
On the cheese front, I had a go at making my own halloumi and it was surprisingly quick and easy, and even looked and tasted like the the real stuff! I don’t know what rennet actually is, but it seems to be the secret ingredient to everything
Halloumi is easy peasy, cheddar cheesy… Mergers are another story… When they brought me on they said “we really wanted to buy the engine of your team’s output, and we’re not looking to change anything about that.”
Two months later and practically no aspect of my workflow has been left untouched. I’m rebuilding everything I do from scratch, almost eight years of experience calmly cast aside. Do things our way, end of story.
Hope yours goes more smoothly. 2026 seems to have an infinite appetite for chaos.
Hey if it’s any consolation I’m sure they’ll make encouraging comments like “An AI would have done this already by now”, or “please use an LLM to speed up the transition, have you heard of co-pilot?”
Nothing like lighting a fire under your talent to make them mentally check out of a job they previously somewhat enjoyed
I saw The Black Hole at the cinema when it came out and loved it. To the extent that I can still recall VINCENT stood for ‘Vital Information Necessary CENTralised’.
Glad you survived the purge, I’m sensing one going on at a company I’m currently contracting for and everyone, bosses included, look tired and shell-shocked.
On the cheese front, I had a go at making my own halloumi and it was surprisingly quick and easy, and even looked and tasted like the the real stuff! I don’t know what rennet actually is, but it seems to be the secret ingredient to everything
Halloumi is easy peasy, cheddar cheesy… Mergers are another story… When they brought me on they said “we really wanted to buy the engine of your team’s output, and we’re not looking to change anything about that.”
Two months later and practically no aspect of my workflow has been left untouched. I’m rebuilding everything I do from scratch, almost eight years of experience calmly cast aside. Do things our way, end of story.
Hope yours goes more smoothly. 2026 seems to have an infinite appetite for chaos.
Hey if it’s any consolation I’m sure they’ll make encouraging comments like “An AI would have done this already by now”, or “please use an LLM to speed up the transition, have you heard of co-pilot?”
Nothing like lighting a fire under your talent to make them mentally check out of a job they previously somewhat enjoyed
Nothing yet, but I have my response pre-selected
I saw The Black Hole at the cinema when it came out and loved it. To the extent that I can still recall VINCENT stood for ‘Vital Information Necessary CENTralised’.
I had the comic book as a kid, didn’t see the film until last year. It’s such a weird, moody, memorable story.