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Epic Games is laying off 16% of its staff

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Re: Epic Games is laying off 16% of its staff

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Just after Unity reveal they have no long term plan. That was fast.

Why keep excess headcount when your main competitor just torpedoed itself?

To return a feel of stability and contrast with your main competitor at a moment everyone is reassessing it’s technological choices.

Epic actually shows its business model is doubtful.

Re: Epic Games is laying off 16% of its staff

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Half of your marketing can already be replaced with AI, and CMO's strategy is better generated by ChatGPT. Quite a few people on the marketing team should be shaking... Quite a few CEOs should just sit on the board and stick to reviewing an AI generated strategy implementation plan. Because it's still the board that decides on the strategy, while CEO typically is focused on the implementation of said strategy. CEO as…

> marketing can already be replaced with AI, and CMO's strategy is better generated by ChatGPT Agree. > Quite a few CEOs should just sit on the board and stick to reviewing an AI generated strategy implementation plan Generating strategy is an important part of a CEO’s job. But it’s far from the main one. Their job is, centrally, about people. Managing relationships external and internal. That is AGI-territory work.

Disagree about CEO. A hired CEO, not director/owner/founder, is not a strategy creator.
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