James Perkins
Former Head of In-Store Payments at JPMorgan Chase, where he led a global payments organization. Serial entrepreneur and co-creator of FlashQoE, with 18+ years in payments and enterprise technology. Co-founder of What About AI?
Articles by James Perkins
Spotify’s Best Developers Haven’t Written Code by Hand Since December
Spotify’s co-CEO told analysts their top engineers have written zero code by hand since December. Internal platform HONK, built on Claude Code, lets engineers ship from their phones. 30% productivity gains, 50+ features, record margins. Here’s what it means for every knowledge worker.
IBM Is Tripling Gen Z Hiring. That’s Not the Good News You Think It Is.
IBM announced it’s tripling entry-level hiring in 2026, targeting Gen Z workers. But they’ve rewritten every role for AI fluency, junior devs spend less time coding, and senior employees were let go. Is this a pipeline or a displacement?
12 to 18 Months: What AI Leaders Are Predicting for Knowledge Work
Suleyman says 12–18 months. Amodei says 1–3 years. Altman, Musk, and Hassabis converge on the same window. These aren’t fringe voices — they’re the people building the technology. Here’s what it means for every knowledge worker.
Four Possible Futures for Your Job — The World Economic Forum’s 2030 Scenarios
The WEF just released a framework mapping four possible futures for the global job market by 2030. Two are manageable. Two are not. Based on everything we’re seeing on the ground, we’re headed toward the one most people aren’t prepared for.
The Interview Process Is Dead — Here’s How to Get Hired in 2026
McKinsey added an AI collaboration test to its final-round interviews. 85% of employers now use skills-based hiring. Resumes are losing their grip. We break down what’s changing and the strategies that are actually getting our clients hired.
Wall Street’s AI Invasion — What It Means for Everyone in Financial Services
BNY Mellon deployed 134 “digital employees” alongside 48,000 humans and empowered 20,000 workers to build AI agents. We break down the reversed apprenticeship, the flattening career ladder, and what every finance professional should do right now.
Opus 4.6 vs GPT 5.3 — We Tested Both, Here’s What Workers Need to Know
Anthropic released Opus 4.6 and OpenAI launched GPT-5.3 Codex in the same week. We spent a week testing both — here’s what we found and what it means for workers.
70% of Banking Is About to Be Automated. Here’s What We Saw From the Inside.
After a combined 22 years in finance—Vanguard robo-advisors and JP Morgan banking ops—we break down why 70%+ of banking operations are automatable, how GPT 5.2 now beats human financial experts, and what finance professionals should do right now.
AI Just Changed Healthcare Forever: 230 Million People Are Already Using It
230 million people are asking healthcare questions on ChatGPT every single week. We share our personal health breakthroughs with AI and explore what this means for healthcare workers and the entire industry.
The AI Arms Race: Which AI Should You Actually Be Using Right Now?
Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok—new AI models drop every week. We pay for max tier on all four. Here's the honest breakdown of what each one is actually good at.
The Great Unbossing: Why Middle Managers Are the #1 Target for AI Layoffs
50% of 2023 layoffs hit middle managers. Amazon just cut 30,000 jobs. The Great Unbossing is real—and if you're not actively preparing, you could be next.
Ghost Jobs Exposed: 40% of Companies Are Posting Fake Job Listings
You've spent hours on your resume and cover letter, then... silence. Here's the devastating truth: that job probably never existed. 40% of companies admit to posting fake listings.
Which Jobs Will AI Replace? A Data-Driven Analysis of 289 Professions
We analyzed 289 jobs across 26 industries to determine which roles face the highest automation risk. Here's what the data reveals about the future of work.
Will AI Replace Software Developers? A Realistic Assessment
With AI coding assistants like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT, many developers worry about their future. Here's an honest look at what AI means for software development careers.