As AI automates routine tasks and redefines entire roles, the tools are creating a new workplace survival test—one where workers must evolve, or risk being left in the dust. Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora warns that 90% of employees at big companies aren’t AI savvy—and it could determine the fate of their careers in the new world.
“I think we’re back to a Darwinian moment where everybody has to figure out who’s really good,” Arora said recently during an episode of the 20VC podcast.
“[Workers] have to learn. I can’t send them to university; there’s no course you can take in any school anywhere,” he added. “They have to be able to learn on their own.”
And the leader of the $278 billion cybersecurity firm is already witnessing the fallout. Hiring has screeched to a halt as companies slash thousands of staffers in the name of AI—and tech-savvy talent will have the best shot at career success.
Nearly 40% of employers are slashing staffers—and he’s recruiting at hackathons
