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Worth Reading – Employment data shows the early signs of AI job disruption are already here

Mike McBride — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:26:29 +0000

While there may be growth opportunities in blue-collar industries, you don't suddenly become a plumber or electrician. It's a long learning process that doesn't scale well for that many unemployed people. This is reskilling at a massive, rapid scale, but we have to admit that whatever reskilling we've done in the past hasn't been that good.

Do we expect what we've done before to ever match current and future needs? I don't think it will, and that's a problem that should be addressed. We need different, serious ideas, but I don't see many of them out there.

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Worth Reading – When You’re Stuck on “Help Wanted”

Mike McBride — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:09:48 +0000

I feel like we learned this in Econ 101, right? It's a simple supply-and-demand curve. If you can't buy the supply at the price you are offering, you need to raise it. Yet, the article goes on to talk about all the reasons why this isn't happening, and they aren't what you'd expect. It's not just small shops that lack the resources to conduct salary research; it's also very large, growing companies that don't want to adjust the salaries of currently underpaid employees or are hesitant to commit to higher salaries long-term, etc.

In the end, though, those concerns are your problem, not the candidates.

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Shared Links (weekly) April 19, 2026

Mike McBride — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:14:15 +0000

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Worth Reading – Why Your People Managers Are the Weakest Link in Learning and Development

Mike McBride — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:28:40 +0000

There are many organizations that claim to have a learning culture, but the reality is very different. The real culture is that people are rewarded and promoted based on hourly billable or other targets, leaving no time for learning.

That's your culture.

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Shared Links (weekly) April 12, 2026

Mike McBride — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:37:45 +0000

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Worth Reading – Nobody Is Coming to Save Your Career

Mike McBride — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:44:59 +0000

It doesn't take much to stand out as a manager when no one is taking the time to even ask about the career goals of the people who report to you. The organization probably isn't going to provide much in the way of talent development budget, but if you can just show you care and provide some mentorship, you'll be outdoing 90% of the managers out there.

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Shared Links (weekly) April 5, 2026

Mike McBride — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:43:39 +0000

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Worth Reading – Deepfakes: A Problem In Search Of A Problem?

Mike McBride — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:39:35 +0000

If you ask a group of legal professionals if they've seen deepfakes be an issue in court, and they all say no, is there no issue, or did they fall for the fakes?

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Worth Reading – When Asking for Help Feels Unsafe

Mike McBride — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:57:17 +0000

Obviously, this is true in the world of sports, where any perceived weakness can be the difference between a first-round pick contract and no contract, but it's also true in many of the industries all of us work in. In tech, do you want to be perceived as someone who might not be able to produce at the same level as everyone else? In law, do you want to be seen as maybe not able to hack the billable-hour requirements?

Whether either of those perceptions is true is not relevant; the risk of being seen that way exists. This risk makes asking for help less safe, which makes it more likely that someone won't be able to do it.

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Worth Reading – If You Feel Behind in Your Career, Read This

Mike McBride — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:17:38 +0000

The idea that you will start your career after college, work hard, and move up the career ladder is a complete fiction. That is not normal by any means. If you find yourself in your 30s or 40s switching jobs and not climbing the ladder the way you thought you would, welcome to the club. What you've been experiencing is normal. There's no ladder, it's the freaking monkey bars out here.

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