Two IT Employees, Same Layoff Risk — Here's What Actually Made the Difference | Friday Talk with Aru #8

Two testers, same team, same company in Bangalore. Karthik — 8 years experience, minimal AI use. Meena — 6 years experience, started spending just a little extra time learning and applying AI tools to her testing work. This is an illustrative story built on real industry trends, not a real reported case — but what it points to is real. We're now past the halfway mark of 2026. In this episode: why…