# Shawn Wang (swyx)

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Real Alpha has cut one moment of Shawn Wang (swyx) (Co-founder, AI Engineer) talking, from an interview on Latent Space published Oct 21, 2026.

- Role: Co-founder, AI Engineer
- On X: https://x.com/swyx

## What Shawn Wang (swyx) said

- [AI job changes demand action from employers and workers](https://realalpha.app/s/ai-job-changes-demand-action-from-employers-and-workers/)
  Latent Space · Oct 21, 2026 · 3 min
  > “people are going to be put out of jobs because a lot of people don't have the luxury of liking or not liking a job.” — Shawn Wang (swyx) · [37:38](https://realalpha.app/v/Vki6cklFqxo/?t=2258)

## The episode

- [AI in NYC: How Tenex Builds an AI-Native Engineering Team — Alex Lieberman & CJ Hess](https://realalpha.app/v/Vki6cklFqxo/) · Latent Space · Oct 21, 2026