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Silicon Valley Wants To Hire Writers To Combat AI Slop
Clickity-clack cash // Illustration by Kate Walker
With so much AI slop spreading across the internet, tech giants are offering top rates for writers, editors, and comms experts who can effectively tell a company’s story — especially when it comes to AI.
Why It Hits: For two decades, software engineering was the crown jewel of Silicon Valley. But AI is rewriting that hierarchy. New computer science grads are facing a 6.1% unemployment rate, while AI tools have turned everyone into a writer… just not a good one. As a result, companies now want humans who can write with clarity, personality, and authority — potentially making a liberal arts degree the hottest résumé flex in tech.
Behind The Hires: You can now make a lot of money in Silicon Valley without knowing a thing about coding. Insider has the rundown:
Andreessen Horowitz launched a New Media team to match writers with startup founders.
Netflix is hiring a director of product and technology communications role with a salary of $775,000.
Microsoft recently rolled out a print magazine last year called Signal aimed at business leaders.
Anthropic tripled its comms team last year and is still hiring, with average salaries around $200,000.
OpenAI is also hiring several communications roles, offering over $400,000 to people who can communicate its grand vision.
Closing Thoughts: With the average director of comms in the US earning $106,000 a year, English majors are about to start applying to companies they never imagined working for. These roles involve writing company blogs that don’t sound like AI word soup, Substacks with actual voice, and internal comms that motivate more than they meander.
That’s because much of the writing in Silicon Valley right now is verbose and sloppy. In other words, it’s the kind of writing Sam Altman unironically said “feels very fake” … which just makes us think of this classic sketch.
The Future: Expect every major company to build a dedicated storytelling team — and for out-of-work journalists, TV writers, and copywriters to become the industry’s most in-demand hires.
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Today’s email was written by David Vendrell.
Edited by Nick Comney. Polled and Copy-edited by Kait Cunniff.
Published by Darline Salazar.