Work & Careers
Hiring, workforce change and the engineering job market.
Financial Journalism Jobs Remote and Otherwise: What a Moscow Reporter's Career Teaches Us
Olga Razumovskaya's beat at The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires in Moscow reveals how financial journalism jobs, remote or field-based, demand breadth, speed, and local fluency.
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Elizabeth Montalbano’s Journalism Career and Cybersecurity Coverage
A profile of Elizabeth Montalbano’s journalism career, Dark Reading reporting, stated expertise, and the limits of what her public author page reveals.
The AI Impact on Human Psychology in the SOC: When Efficiency Outpaces Professional Growth
An in-depth exploration of how artificial intelligence reshapes the Security Operations Center career ladder, examining the psychological friction of skill stagnation, the rise of the agentic skill stack, and what it takes for human analysts to thrive.
153,000 Jobs in One Month: What the October Layoff Spike Actually Tells Us
U.S. employers announced 153,074 planned job cuts in October — nearly triple September's figure. Challenger, Gray & Christmas blame cost-cutting and AI adoption, with warehousing hit hardest. Here's what the data means for the labor market's trajectory.
Scribe Secures $30M in Venture Capital to Automate Enterprise Knowledge Transfer
Scribe launched with $30 million in venture capital, including a $22 million Series A led by Tiger Global, to automate workplace knowledge sharing.
11,000 Applications Per Minute: When AI Breaks Hiring at Scale
LinkedIn now processes 11,000 job submissions every minute—a 45% surge year over year. Here's what happens when generative AI turns every job posting into a fire hose, and why the resume as a screening tool is on life support.
Statistics Meets Code: Choosing Between Software Engineering and Data Science Before You Graduate
A candid breakdown of the software engineering vs. data science career decision, drawn from real practitioner advice on overlap, entry barriers, and what actually matters at the intern level.
The Simple Macroeconomics of AI: The Rise of the Four-Person Startup
How AI and automation let startups run on ultra-lean headcounts, and what the simple macroeconomics of AI means for hiring, investors, and enterprise vendors.
How the iOS App Economy Became a 2.2 Million-Job Labor Engine
Apple's commissioned Analysis Group research reveals that the iOS ecosystem now supports over 2.2 million American jobs, with small developer earnings up 118% in two years. A labor-economics breakdown of what that data actually means.
SmartRecruiters Pulls In $30M Series C To Scale Enterprise Hiring Software
SmartRecruiters' $30M Series C funding round led by Insight Venture Partners, examining its positioning as a 'Salesforce for recruiting' amid enterprise hiring software competition.
Navigating Job Search in the Time of Coronavirus
Expanded article on navigating job search during coronavirus pandemic
U.S. Layoff Numbers Hit 2-Year Low in July — But Tech Still Bleeds
Analysis of July 2026 employment data showing the lowest monthly layoff total in two years, with technology sector absorbing disproportionate AI-driven cuts despite broader hiring gains.