Yes, DigitalOcean, who laid me off last week along with the entire writing/editing team for DO Community tutorials, also laid off some engineers, including most of the infra engineers, from what I heard. Not sure how they can get along without infra. Sheesh.
I think ChatGPT and the like is going to increase the efficiency of software engineers at all level, possibly obviating the need for entry-level coders.
The content is created by Developer Advocates rather than Technical Writers and Editors. I am not sure if this team was impacted in the layoffs, but I suspect not, as this portal is a very new effort. It's only been around for a matter of weeks.
Time will tell whether developers and sysadmins will value this content as highly as they have always valued the Community tutorials.
The funny thing is, a few of us who have been following the ChatGPT frenzy were supposed to have a meeting TODAY to discuss "So, what we gonna do about AI?"
Kind of you to say. I know many devs have loved our content for a long time. I was one of them, which is the whole reason I joined as a tech writer. I can't claim to have helped create that solid library of tutorials, as I was only at the company for a little while. It's a real shame.
Yes, I was a technical writer on the content team. I am hearing that our entire team was laid off. It just isn't a big money-maker in these trying times. More of a cost center, I suspect.
It's too bad, as DO tutorials and content have been respected for so many years by developers and sysadmins. The end of an era.
It was an email from the CEO to my personal email. By the time I received that email, all my IT access was already cut off: no Slack, no laptop login, no VPN, etc.
I think ChatGPT and the like is going to increase the efficiency of software engineers at all level, possibly obviating the need for entry-level coders.