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Randy Bradshaw

You Have More Skills Than You Think — And AI Can Help You Use Them

Most people ask the wrong question about AI. They want to know what it can do. The better question is what you do, and which parts of that are actually worth your time. The answer is sitting in plain sight. It's in the skills you already have. The

AI Is Not Going to Take Your Job. But This Person Will.

The real threat isn't AI replacing you. It's the person who has your skill set and a mastery of AI. Here's how to be that person.

The Year of the Agent — And Why the Human Still Has to Be in the Loop

Agentic AI is finally real. But the Summer Yue story is a reminder that autonomy without oversight has always been risky — and always will be.

Are We Misreading the Tea Leaves on Entry-Level Hiring?

There's been a quiet panic building around entry-level hiring. The narrative is simple, seemingly logical, and almost certainly wrong: AI agents can now handle most entry-level work, so why would companies keep hiring fresh graduates? IBM just answered that question — by tripling its entry-level hiring in the U.

AI Isn't Coming for Your Job. It's Coming for Your Task List.

The goal isn't to do more with less. It's to scale the value you already provide. To use these capable, broad tools to deliver more of what actually matters to your client or consumer.

Chasing the Signal: Human Authenticity in an AI-Saturated World

There's a concept I keep coming back to, one I've been chasing for years — literally. I even built a website around it called Chasing the Signal. The idea is simple: the world is full of signal and noise. The signal is whatever carries value — knowledge, connection,

Stop Calling Yourself a Developer. You're a Builder.

There's a shift happening in how software engineers and developers need to think about their work — and the ones who recognize it early are going to have a significant advantage over the ones who don't. It's not about learning a new language or adopting