This is classic AI direction of travel: Meta fires 8K people, then promptly starts a ‘Workforce Academy’ to train workers to build data centers. "Forget about learning to code. Meta Platforms says it’s time to pick up a wrench." Jesus Christ. We are literally just cogs in the wheel now.

Meta Launches ‘Workforce Academy’ to Train Workers to Build Data CentersThe five-week program, which is free of charge and guarantees a job, follows a recent layoff of 8,000 employees.www.wsj.com