Roberto Yglesias

Technology addict, rally driver, golfer, wakeboarder, skier. Product Manager @ Microsoft Purview. Opinions are my own.

[Demis Hassabis @demishassabis]

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[Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan]

The tech workforce is splitting in two

A year ago, we ran the first large-scale survey of how tech workers feel about their jobs and careers. What emerged we summarized in four words: burned out, but optimistic. Today, we're back with the results from our 2026 survey, and it's a tale of two workforces.

Half of tech right now feels amplified by AI—more capable, more confident, more excited than they've been in their entire career.

The other half feels shaken by it—less sure of their value and whether there’s still a place for them.

Which side of that line you fall on predicts how you feel about your career more than anything else, including your role, seniority, company size, or any other measure we collected.

The workforce is bifurcating into two realities.

A few other takeaways that surprised us:
+ Significant burnout jumped from 44.7% to 55.7% in one year, while career optimism fell from 54.8% to 48.7%. A worrisome trend.
+ 53% of tech workers would steer a newcomer away from a career in their own role, even when they're optimistic about their own future.
+ The biggest AI fear is of being squeezed to do more work. Only 22% worry about “losing my job to AI.” Far more worry about being expected to do more for the same pay, getting trapped in an unsustainable pace, and the quality of their work declining.

The question that best predicts how a tech worker feels about their work, in 2026, is no longer "What do you do?" or "Where do you work?" It’s "What has AI done to your sense of who you are?"

Read the full report here: https://t.co/K4JhuL9Xkd

[Roberto Yglesias @robertoy]

@JoanneCKlein Yes, all classification is only done for updated, or new content after the classifier exists. Data scan helps for anything before.

[Roberto Yglesias @robertoy]

@JoanneCKlein Absolutely, I agree it doesn't scale. You need a Joanne Copilot Agent to answer those you already have a blog for!

[Roberto Yglesias @robertoy]

@JoanneCKlein @cfiessinger may know more on this? I believe the experiences were being streamlined, good feedback though.

[Roberto Yglesias @robertoy]

@JoanneCKlein Great feedback, would love to also learn if these are fairly consistent across your customers and improve the default settings.

[Roberto Yglesias @robertoy]

@JoanneCKlein @NexNovus Great advice for Gen-AInxiety 😉

[Roberto Yglesias @robertoy]

@JoanneCKlein @DavidMDrever Awesome! Subscribing!

[Roberto Yglesias @robertoy]

A super exciting day across the company!

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

Today, we are announcing Copilot, our vision for an everyday AI companion for you. https://t.co/FzfDGTr7PY

[Roberto Yglesias @robertoy]

So many memories! Have seen this soooo many times

[Erica Toelle @EricaToelle]

Want to learn more about Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle and Records Management? Check out our new Ninja Training, listing all the resources available from Microsoft!

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[Joanne C Klein 🇨🇦 @JoanneCKlein]

Did you know you can backdate retention events in Microsoft 365?⏳📆

#Purview #RM #EventBased

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[Roberto Yglesias @robertoy]

@EricaToelle So sorry for your loss Erica. Lots of love to you and their family

[Joanne C Klein 🇨🇦 @JoanneCKlein]

Microsoft #Purview retention disposition options… records managers have decisions to make re: which one is right for the content you’re working with… (defined for a retention label)

#RM #Disposition #lifecycle

[Roberto Yglesias @robertoy]

@JoanneCKlein 😬 Time for an E5 upsell conversation 😉

[Roberto Yglesias @robertoy]

Great article by @12Knocksinna on how to scope administration in DLM and RM solutions, in public preview right now!

[Tony Redmond @12Knocksinna]

.@Office365 Some of the Microsoft #Purview solutions can use #AzureAD administrative units to limit the scope for compliance administrator actions. Here's how the mechanism works: https://t.co/HnrebuJ7Uh
#Office365 #Microsoft365

[Roberto Yglesias @robertoy]

Great example of using our latest innovations to move records around by @JoanneCKlein

[Joanne C Klein 🇨🇦 @JoanneCKlein]

Building a Records Archive Center in SharePoint Online.
#Purview #RM #PowerAutomate #Archive #Modern https://t.co/zPK1Pt4YU0

[Roberto Yglesias @robertoy]

@cimares @JoanneCKlein Definitely!! Shoot me a mail