Paul Welty, PhD AI, WORK, AND STAYING HUMAN

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Gen Z's job-hopping: smart strategy for growth

Gen Z’s job-hopping isn’t reckless. It’s a calculated strategy. This article argues they’re not being disloyal but rational, and I concur. In a world where skills quickly become obsolete, Gen Z’s relentless pursuit of growth and development is not only wise but necessary. Their willingness to switch roles for better learning opportunities highlights a shift from static loyalty to dynamic career building. As employers, we must ask: Are we offering environments that nurture continuous growth? If not, we’re missing the point. It’s time to adapt and invest in the human potential that defines this generation.

The rise of growth hunting: Why Gen Z changes jobs so often

Why customer tools are organized wrong

This article reveals a fundamental flaw in how customer support tools are designed—organizing by interaction type instead of by customer—and explains why this fragmentation wastes time and obscures the full picture you need to help users effectively.

Infrastructure shapes thought

The tools you build determine what kinds of thinking become possible. On infrastructure, friction, and building deliberately for thought rather than just throughput.

Server-Side Dashboard Architecture: Why Moving Data Fetching Off the Browser Changes Everything

How choosing server-side rendering solved security, CORS, and credential management problems I didn't know I had.

The work of being available now

A book on AI, judgment, and staying human at work.

The practice of work in progress

Practical essays on how work actually gets done.

Building in public is broken — here's how to fix your signal-to-noise ratio

Building in public promised accountability and community. It delivered content production under a different name. Most builders now spend more time documenting work than doing it, trapped in a perform

You can't skip the hard part

Reskilling won't save you. Frameworks won't save you. The work of becoming human again is personal, uncomfortable, and has no shortcut.

Dev reflection - February 14, 2026

So I want to talk about archiving. Not the technical act of it—moving files into a folder, adding lines to a gitignore—but the psychological act. The decision to say: this thing is done. Not broken...

Bookmark: The Next Wave of Automation: Will AI Disrupt More High-Skill Jobs?

Explore how AI is reshaping high-skill jobs, driving the need for new skills and offering opportunities in a rapidly evolving job market.

Bookmark: A psychologist explains what Gen Z should be striving for at work (hint: not happiness)

Gen Z should prioritize workplace engagement over fleeting happiness to achieve lasting career fulfillment and drive organizational success.

Bookmark: Nearly all bosses are ‘accidental’ with no formal training—and research shows it’s leading 1 in 3 workers to quit

Untrained managers drive one in three employees to quit. Discover how effective leadership training can boost retention and workplace satisfaction.