Thomas Dohmke

In August 2025, issued stark warning to developers: "Either you embrace AI, or get out of this career." Posted on X citing research that 92% of developers on GitHub already use AI assistants. While framing AI as amplifying rather than eliminating human roles, the ultimatum drew criticism for its absolutism. Legacy includes growing Copilot to 20M users and $2B annual run rate before leaving GitHub in August 2025 to "become a founder again."

In February 2023, announced workforce reduction of up to 10% due to "new budgetary realignments." Dohmke told staff cuts were "necessary to protect the short-term health of our business while also granting us the capacity to invest in our long-term strategy." Simultaneously announced GitHub would go fully remote, citing "very low utilization rates" in offices, planning to close all offices as leases expire. Extended laptop refresh cycles and migrated to Microsoft Teams for cost savings.

When announcing 2023 layoffs, simultaneously committed GitHub to fully remote work permanently. Stated the company was "seeing very low utilization rates" in physical offices globally and would "close all of our offices as their leases end or as we are operationally able to do so." Positioned remote work as part of cost-cutting but also acknowledged workforce preference. GitHub remained remote-first through Dohmke's tenure until August 2025 departure.