Antoine Wade

Career strategist. Market analyst. Host of The Daily Climb, live every weekday at 7 AM CT.

I break down layoffs, AI, and the economy.

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Kelsey Hightower: ‘Don’t be a senior engineer in a junior human.’ Machines can’t replicate your creativity, empathy, judgment. Sharpen what AI can’t touch. #LadderClimbers @KelseyHightower

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SpaceX IPO priced at $1.8T. Valuation expert says it’s worth $1.3T. Hype vs proof. Lesson: market pays for what you DID, not what you PROMISE. #LadderClimbers @SpaceX

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NVIDIA lost $300B in ONE DAY. Broadcom didn’t hype AI enough. Market panic? Diversify your skills. AI bets are shaky. #LadderClimbers @NVIDIA

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If you lose your job today, it’ll take longer to find a new one. 27.5% of unemployed folks have been out 6+ months (up from 20.4%). Musical chairs, but no one’s standing up. #LadderClimbers

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Companies aren't backfilling roles, making jobs harder to get. A hot jobs number means no rate cuts soon, potentially leading to hikes. If you have a job, be indispensable. If you're looking, act fast before doors close further. #JobMarket #Economy #CareerTips

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Market dropped 4.18% Friday despite 172K jobs added. $1.8T vanished. Good economy? Wall Street slammed brakes. Signal in the data: hype’s out, proof’s in. #LadderClimbers

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172K jobs added in May. Double the forecast. Wall Street's reaction? Worst day since April 2025. $1.8 trillion gone. Good news = no rate cuts = repricing. The lesson: The market stops paying for hype. It pays for PROOF. Same goes for your career. https://t.co/9mP8mtGD4T

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Job hunting warning: Scammers are using your online info to create convincing fake job offers, especially targeting young people. Red flags include pay that's way too high for the role. If it sounds too good to be true, it likely is. Be vigilant! #JobScams #JobSearchTips

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@NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang calls out CEOs blaming AI for layoffs: ‘They’re being LAZY.’ Real talk – AI’s creating 3X more value in software jobs. Builders win. #LadderClimbers

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Scammers using YOUR LinkedIn profile to fake $900K job offers. Red flags: Gmail address, rushed texts, pay too good to be true. @BusinessInsider got the story. #LadderClimbers

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Jobs report dropped 172,000 new jobs – double last month’s number. Unemployment stays at 4.3%. Manufacturing’s back. Maybe we’re thawing out the frozen pond. #LadderClimbers

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May layoffs hit 97,000 – worst since 2022. AI’s the reason. Machines taking over coordinator roles while builders thrive. This ain’t scary – it’s a signal. #LadderClimbers

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Low hire low fire. If you got a job? You’re safe. If you’re LOOKING for a job? Brutal. Companies ain’t hiring. Quit rate’s lowest since 2020. People glued to their seats. If you’re standing? No chair for you. #LadderClimbers

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A woman who finds jobs for a living got an email offering $900,000/year. Real photo. Real background. Looked legit. One detail saved her: it came from a Gmail. https://t.co/ehP3djnsNh

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You double your department's revenue, land the ultimate mic drop, and then your boss cuts your pay by 12%. That's what happened to a top AI company that posted record sales and profits, yet the market said, 'Not enough.' #AI #Business #Market

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The machine is not coming for everybody.

It is coming for one specific type of worker.

The one who only knows how to do one thing.

The people who survive build. They don't wait for permission. #DailyClimb #CareerStrategy

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The people who got rich in the gold rush weren't the miners.

It was the people selling the picks. The shovels. The tents.

Same thing is happening right now in AI.

No matter who wins the AI race — everybody needs somebody to guard it. Cybersecurity is the shovel business. #DailyClimb

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1 in 4 job postings online is a ghost job.

40% of companies admit they posted a role they had no plan to fill.

5 states are now writing laws to make it illegal.

If you've been applying and hearing nothing — it is NOT you. The door was never really a door. #DailyClimb