Chen Mo, 35 years old, is a software development engineer at Kangze Medical. He has built the company's core chronic disease management system in ten years. At the celebration party, R&D director Zhao Liqun took the results as his own; a week later, Chen Mo was included in the layoff list on the grounds of "reducing costs, increasing efficiency, and fully embracing AI programming" - AI coding tools convinced the company that one programmer could do the work of three people.
Four months after he lost his job, he submitted hundreds of resumes, all of which came to nothing. Until one day in the mall, he saw a little boy holding a 3D printed dinosaur toy and refusing to let go. The price was ten times the cost. Professional sensitivity is ignited: this is a business that can be customized and scaled.
He bought back an entry-level 3D printer, started with his daughter's toys, started with orders from community groups, and gradually entered the field of medical teaching aid models - ten years of accumulation in the medical industry has become his unique moat. As soon as his career started to pick up, Zhao Liqun showed up: blocking the supply chain, reporting infringements, and intercepting large orders at low prices. Chen Mo was almost hit the bottom with three consecutive strikes.
In a desperate situation, an old colleague handed over the evidence that Zhao Liqun claimed credit back then. Chen Mo won the championship in the industry exhibition with an original product that integrated "AI design + medical experience + 3D printing" and turned around. However, after Kangze Medical was fully AI-enabled, it laid off a large number of employees and managed more and more people. Instead, Zhao Liqun became the person who was optimized.
The times have eliminated jobs, but not the people who can create.
