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[Video] A Very Special Episode of Office Hours

October 8, 2026

When we were kids, we knew we were in for something heavy whenever a TV series began an episode with a title card explaining, "This is a very special episode of ___." It meant they were gonna discuss something heavy, like cancer or drugs or loss.

Well, in this Very Special Episode of Office Hours, we're going to talk about what's happening to tech jobs in the wake of AI.

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