# Careers Don't End Anymore, They Expire | David Fung on School for Startups Radio

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Published: 2026-07-21T00:36:55+00:00
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## Resource

I joined Jim Beach on School for Startups Radio, an SBA award winning show airing on 100 AM and FM stations, to talk about what AI is really doing to careers in tech. The line from this conversation that keeps coming back to me: careers don't end anymore, they expire. People aren't choosing when to leave their industry. They're being told. And by then it's too late to do anything about it. Jim and I got into why every company suddenly claims to be an AI company, how to tell the real ones from the LLM wrappers, what's actually driving the layoffs at Microsoft and Meta, and the energy audit I ran with a chief executive who had turned around a struggling nonprofit and couldn't figure out why the job stopped feeling right. The answer was in his calendar. His competence was highest exactly where his energy was lowest. We also talked about how I got my first coaching client. He found me through ChatGPT. I share exactly what I did to make that happen, because if your business can't be found by AI search today, you're on page 10 of Google all over again. I'm David Fung, founder of Coachful Coaching in Toronto. I spent 23 years in tech, including 15 at Salesforce, before becoming an executive coach. I work with founders, CTOs, and senior leaders on staying relevant, leading through change, and communicating with clarity. Find me at coachfulcoaching.com or on LinkedIn .

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