I find it fascinating that many feel they can find that unicorn hire and then pay them even market rate! Top talent is out there! People that know AI are out there! People that can add great value to your business are out there! But they are the top 10% of their first and if you want top performers, you have to pay top compensation! If you are an average startup, paying average market rate, you get average, not top 10%! It goes with my favorite line, "You pay peanuts, you get monkeys" haha
This was an excellent article, one of the most genuinely useful I’ve read in a long time. You’ve summarised so succinctly the “sameness” that is now felt everywhere - a much needed reminder on where our focus needs to be to remain ahead. Looking forward to your next piece.
I've been watching this play out in audits and it's almost poetic - everyone adopted AI to move faster and stay competitive, and now they're doing the exact same differentiation scramble they were doing before, except the baseline shifted because everyone's floor went up at the same time. You didn't fall behind. The whole room just got simultaneously louder and more identical, which is arguably worse.
I find it fascinating that many feel they can find that unicorn hire and then pay them even market rate! Top talent is out there! People that know AI are out there! People that can add great value to your business are out there! But they are the top 10% of their first and if you want top performers, you have to pay top compensation! If you are an average startup, paying average market rate, you get average, not top 10%! It goes with my favorite line, "You pay peanuts, you get monkeys" haha
This was an excellent article, one of the most genuinely useful I’ve read in a long time. You’ve summarised so succinctly the “sameness” that is now felt everywhere - a much needed reminder on where our focus needs to be to remain ahead. Looking forward to your next piece.
I've been watching this play out in audits and it's almost poetic - everyone adopted AI to move faster and stay competitive, and now they're doing the exact same differentiation scramble they were doing before, except the baseline shifted because everyone's floor went up at the same time. You didn't fall behind. The whole room just got simultaneously louder and more identical, which is arguably worse.