Is AI taking jobs? Three IT owners say they're seeing slower hiring, not layoffs, and early-career workers feel it most.
Justin Shelley, Bryan Lachapelle, and Mario Zaki have been getting heated feedback on their AI clips, mostly distrust and fear. In this episode they start with whether hardware-level AI containment is realistic (Bryan's concern: hardware can't be changed once it's built, and a flaw makes it obsolete), then get into what they're actually seeing in their own businesses. Mario hasn't let anyone go, but he's hiring fewer technicians than the one or two he used to add each year. Bryan knows law firms that aren't hiring another law clerk. Data centers are pulling construction workers away from housing, and employers still can't fill the openings.
Bryan also warns about what happens in four to ten years if nobody is hiring and training junior people today. The hosts also cover why surrounding yourself with people who use AI matters, and why an IT provider telling clients not to use it is a red flag.
The second half is about building instead of renting. Justin built, in about a month, software that does ten times more than the tool he fought with for three years, and moved his business from five platforms to one. Mario is building his own ticketing system, and he explains why saving a couple thousand dollars a month is as good as landing a new customer. Bryan shares the one setting his vendor software won't let him change. They also cover what to lock down first if you vibe code anything, and what they won't touch yet.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Why hardware-level AI containment hits a catch-22 (built in and it goes obsolete, flashable and it can be bypassed), and why Mario doesn't expect wide deployment in the next two to three years
What AI is doing to hiring right now: no mass layoffs, but fewer new hires, and a possible skilled-labor gap down the road
Why cutting a software expense can be worth as much as winning a new customer, since the savings go straight to the bottom line
What one owner gained by replacing five platforms with one he built himself, including drag-and-drop ticket dispatching and changing the "from" name on outbound email
Why security has to be the first thing you set up before you vibe code, and which tools (antivirus, remote management) the hosts aren't replacing
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