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The AI mandate and the layoff are one memo
The "use AI in your workflow" memo and the layoff announcement are increasingly arriving in the same six-to-twelve-month window. DesignOps is structurally exposed to the loop.
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When juniors leave, the library remains
The 2026 hiring market is hiring senior. The maintenance work juniors used to do isn't going anywhere. It's just changed owners — usually quietly, usually badly.