Good look out there!
The class of 2026 enters the DOA economy.
One of the most curious things around the AI revolution has been its marketing. Tech leaders have continuously pitched AI as unleashing something too powerful to control. Well, possibly too hard to control. Only if you let those other guys over there win.
There’s been a strange outcome of all the doomsday talk, as well as very real layoffs and uncertainty. Young people are turning against tech. In part, because entry level jobs seem like some of the hardest hit by AI adoption. It’s also created a future for them that they can’t possibly envision, which makes it pretty hard to follow your dreams.
And it’s this moment that gave us some incredibly memorable commencement speeches. On one extreme, Eric Schmidt. On the other, Ronnie Cheng. Somewhere in the middle, Steve Wozniak.
To make things even more murky, I collaborated with Claude Design on a very unhelpful, but hopefully entertaining tool to help young graduates find the best path forward for themselves.
Click here to give it whirl: 2026 Career Chooser
