If AI takes the jobs of junior salespeople and marketers, who trains the leaders of tomorrow?
In this episode of What Makes You Tick, Rich and Tolu sit down with Tony Larks, a field marketing leader with over 30 years in tech, to tackle a problem everyone's worried about but nobody's talking about: AI is quietly killing the career ladder.
Tony has spent his career taking chances on young people with potential, and he makes the case for why leaders, not the government, own the responsibility to keep developing early talent, and how to actually do it.
We discuss:
1. Why companies now hire the finished product instead of raw potential
2. What happens to the leadership pipeline when entry-level roles disappear
3. Why 92% of marketers accept whatever AI serves them, and why that's dangerous
4. Why the SDR to AE path is broken, and what it's costing sellers
5. Why AI has dried up roles without actually delivering results yet
6. How AI can create opportunity, not just take it away
7. How any leader can start an internship or work experience programme
Brought to you by Tick Talent, go-to-market recruitment for early-stage tech startups: https://www.tick-talent.com/
Where to find Tony Larks:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonylarks/
Where to find Rich and Tolu:
Rich: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richwash/
Tolu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toluadebekun/
Subscribe so you never miss an episode. New episodes every Wednesday, Best Bits every Sunday.
