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Yeah, this is the new norm. Best not to waste too many tears on it. I guess this surprises some people.

Or they just cashed in some stock options.

Well said. I don't understand who this would be for.

So TPMs are getting the axe? Product managers too?

whatever it takes to kill sms mfa.

I'm excited to hear the ram crisis will be over. But will it?

No, that is the cost of labor and materials.

Fix headline. Reduction is for 3 months only.

There are shareholders to please and money to be made. Of course ethics are out the door.

This is normal tech company marketing strategy, right?

You buy garbage, you get garbage. You can no longer depend on resellers or to protect you. They are unphased and unaffected by selling you this garbage. No one else has a financial incentive to protect you. Sorry if this sounds victim blamey. Don't mean it to be. Just trying to convey that we're on our own.

Lose weight, yes. Exercise, yes. Accept a potentially fatal genetic defect when an option is available? No.

Advise not callously generalizing your opinion on things like this. It's clear that you either spoke without knowing more, which happens, or you really don't seem to care to know more. I hope you're not in the latter.

Yeah, I was looking for this comment. Dell/Alienware have been doing this for YEARS. Part of the many reasons I moved from Window to Linux.

"Ray-Ban Wayfarer used to be a such classic design. By associating them with cameras and Meta, Essilor Luxottica has messed up an iconic name and brand."

Fixed it for you.

I love having a 3rd person in an interview. If they are taking notes, I can have a conversation with the candidate.

I hate the way climate controls take over the whole screen, causing me to lose my map screen.

If it scares you off, thats a good thing. A manager who doesn't want to do these things might not be an effective manager. I think its better to go in eyes open to what it really means. I think the author did a good job of that.

I was hoping for more upsides, but, I'm not surprised by the short list either.

The list of tasks piled on to a human manager are too much for a manager to do well. The role of management feels like a dumping ground for menial tasks, but oh yeah, you need to pass a coding review too, in some roles. LOL

The author claims the POST is WRITTEN by them. They did not claim the ILLUSTRATIONS were DRAWN by them. Most of us are not artists. Sometimes its hard to find the right illustrations.

But what did you think of the article itself?

This is very accurate. For me personally, I found the difficulties, friction, and stress, have started to eclipse the pros and decided to move back into an IC role after 15 years as EM/SrEM.

The work life balance was also terrible. You really do ruminate and worry about a lot, much of it outside of your control.

Nothing is free.

> tech companies have proved to be some of the most hostile actors in most American's lives

This. Many of us are cogs in these machines doing the harm...to ourselves and others around us.

The thing is, these companies can't exist without employees. But employees need the companies for money to pay the other companies.

Sad to see so much vacation time go unused.

Agree. I was waiting for the other foot to drop and then..."email's not going away."

Genuinely curious. Why is it posted and being upvoted here?

How do I keep my 401k from investing in AI stocks...

Companies are not loyal to the employees. When choosing people for layoffs, I don’t believe anyone cares about the things this person did or was known for. As long as the site stays up.

Same. I end up needing agents to clean up after agents.

Yep. Give people two choices.

1) Purchase a major version and get no updates.

2) Purchase a subscription and get constant updates.

Do they know what the attackers were after? Maybe they were just trying to help fix the availability problems.

Author missing out on good wine deals for no apparent reason.