Most of humanity is mediocre. Very few people are excellent. You're response of "touch luck, just be better" to a population with a mean IQ of 100 will lead to pitchforks in the streets.
A shocking number of people are so well below mediocre that its kind of amazing how okayish we get by even pre AI. Makes me thing there is more robustness than you might expect given terrible numbers.
For example what seemed crazy to me that as a country Greece somehow had and still has ~half of their households *primary* source of income being pensions.
I'm talking about writers and software developers. Not everyone. The mob is already here, in the comments.
You can't automate taste so far. That's why I'm saying: if you, as a writer, bring no taste because you're the equivalent of a code money, what are you expecting?
> That's why I'm saying: if you, as a writer, bring no taste because you're the equivalent of a code money, what are you expecting?
You're assuming "Writer laid of must be because org did not find them to be a very good writer".
The issue,
#1, unless you're yourself an editor or a former writer, you really can't distinguish between moderate and excellent writing. (I know someone personally who's very experienced, and I struggled while actively trying to make out the tells in the quality of writing. The difference between good and great writing can be very subtle.)
Bigger issue #2 is, the board DGAF about any of this.
If they can get a sloppy write up for free with their chatgpt subscription instead of a fair human price, who cares if the quality and brand value drops and the company goes bankrupt? That's an issue 5 years from now, good thing the CEO's already retired by then, right?
Not sure my point gets across tbh. What you describe is that the person getting fired is "only a writer" to the board. I think that ship has sailed. Call it personal brand, taste, whatever. I think you need to provide more nowadays than "I can do exactly this predefined job". I find it hard to find the right words right now.
Do I think that this is a good thing? No. I don't think most people have taste (tm) nor that we should live in a world where only the most distinguished have work. I'm just observing what happens in my world. Maybe it's going to burn us all to the ground, but it is what it is if you wanna make money.
I can understand if you're saying that perhaps the writer should also contribute in a more holistic way, get their contributions upstreamed etc. That does make sense.
Only thig is I'm not sure how many CEOs/orgs care about writers going above and beyond. A small firm run by a sensible person, sure. But I don't think most of these jobs are from small players.
