Bengaluru techie builds ‘I GOT FIRED’ button amid AI layoff fears: ‘One click makes company codebase public’
A Bengaluru-based techie has gone viral on X after sharing a quirky “I GOT FIRED” button that he claimed could wreak havoc on a company’s systems with just one click. Taking to X, Pankaj Tanwar, who is a software engineer profession, joked about building the device amid growing discussions around AI-led layoffs and job security in the tech industry.Many users reacted to the post with a mix of humour, curiosity and criticism. (X/@the2ndfloorguy)“ai layoffs are getting out of hands so I built ‘I GOT FIRED’ button,” he wrote on X. “one click, and it makes entire company codebase public, pushes .env secrets to public repo, drops staging db and finally notifies my lawyer. I hope I never need it but it’s ready,” he added.Tanwar also shared photos of the small multi-button device attached to his laptop. The images showed several labelled buttons, including “Gaslight Them,” “Decode Corporate BS,” and a red-highlighted option reading “I GOT FIRED.”One picture displayed a pop-up notification that read, “.env secrets committed and pushed to public repo.” Another showed a message saying, “out of office: permanently. contact my lawyer.”Take a look at the post below:(Also Read:
