Canned

"If you have a platform that is for a purpose, it's very easy to keep it on topic and solve problems for that purpose. And that's true whether it's an LLM, that it true whether it's a social network ... when technology is meant to serve a purpose for a community, it often does an incredibly good job... And when you have a person whose goal is just to make money ... that's when it gets to its worst purpose." 

Also, Prince. 

Hey folks! I'm on a panel at this event on March 19th, 2026 at Obec Brewing in Ballard. Please come say hi. 

Dee burns herself down to keep her role and was rewarded by the expectation that she'd keep burning herself down. 

Thanks to Todd Manley at Earsight Studios for his help with this episode. 

Shelley McIntyre helps us grapple with reinventing ourselves after we get canned. How do we redefine the experience of getting fired and what to we do next? 

Find more about Shelley at Burn the Map.

Corey discovers the math just isn't mathing. 

Producer Amy and Host Pam review the absolute sh!tshow that work and the job market has been in 2025. Eff bombs a-plenty, heads up, it's who we are.  

Lianna learns a lot of valuable lessons from her first "big girl" job (her words, not mine) including how you shouldn't do all the work at once. Pace yourselves, kids, there's little benefit in finishing early. 

It seemed like a great opportunity and Kevin believed in the cause, but "smellgate" made things awkward. Like, really awkward. 

Here are the reasons you might be eligible for unemployment if you quit a job in Washington, where I live, the rules may be different in your location. 

"Layoffs are unfortunately a time where unions really show why they're important." 

"The media landscape is changing." Yeah, Ian already knows that.