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nus07on Nvidia is most valuable company

Don’t own any shares. Might finally go buy a few shares of Nvidia now. I know it will dip the moment I buy.Might even trigger a recession.

nus07on Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees

Big Head has always been an inspiration . Maximizing gains with minimal effort . If only I could make it work in real life lol.

nus07on The Richest Countries in 2023

Ehh we here in US got better things to do with taxes like spending it to build another fighter jet so we can send it to the Middle East in the name of Freedom . I am told you guys in Western Europe enjoy your stability because of the “freedom” we bring for all of you at the cost of our own healthcare , worker protections and social safety net. Look we are martyrs.

*my brother in law lives in Germany making less than half of what I make and I still envy his lifestyle . He and his wife are going on a 20 day trip to Greece and I am on-call over the holidays . But I make more than double and have my “freedom” and supposed choice of where my tax dollars go.

nus07on Is Austin losing its luster?

Durham is more exciting than Raleigh . That said I have found the Raleigh-Durham area a nice antidote to be in tech and not be in a hyper competitive, hustling , aggressive environment. There are a bunch of tech, pharma companies and universities which make the culture more research oriented and a little bit of what tier 1 tech cities were pre 2010. Personally I moved from the west coast after burning out and I have found the slower pace nicer but also enough tech opportunities to just continue as a programmer and not want to suddenly become a yogi or venture capitalist or reinvent myself as a farmer .

nus07on Techs new normal,microcuts over growth at all costs

https://archive.is/ME59C

nus07on Major outages across ChatGPT and API

All tech folks should just get a PTO today . #ChatGPT_outage

Am I supposed to use Google and Stack overflow ? That’s like going back to roll down windows in a car :)

nus07on Nature retracts controversial superconductivity paper by embattled physicist

He also featured in Time - https://time.com/collection/time100-next-2021/5937727/ranga-...

And he falsely claimed that his company had funding from OpenAI and Spotify.

nus07on Zoom’s CEO thinks Zoom sucks for building trust, leaked audio reveals

Heated conversations and debates to drive innovation was fine in the Oppenheimer and AT&T Bell days . Today it takes one wrong word to get called up by HR or a recording that can sabotage your entire career. I don’t think the tech industry or the country’s work culture suffers heretics anymore. I am fine with the lack of passion and lack of innovation on Zoom if it helps my anxiety and ADHD better and allows me to work without offending anyone . I just want to keep a steady income .

nus07on Man spends entire career mastering crappy codebase

I will not call it snobbery but a difference in generational culture. I am assuming you are below the age of 45 and came into the industry where jobs were aplenty , super low interest rates and the industry was rapidly innovating and risk taking is encouraged . For a lot of folks from the Office Space days of 80s and 90s that wasn’t necessarily the case . Tech jobs were limited and you probably had to post or submit a paper version of your resume. I would encourage you to take a look at JavaScript code from 2003 or a Java codebase from then and see how dreary and different the tech industry was back then . As for transferable skills there is a reason IT workers were stereotyped as autistic nerds before the brash,well rounded, rock climbing risk takers came in. Culture, risk, opportunities and interest rates had to do a lot .

Edit- I was probably like Arthur Westbrook when I was working on a visa and had a family to support . As soon as I got my greencard my appetite for risk taking increased and showing my transferable skills increased . Situational context .

nus07on Ask HN: My child was diagnosed with sensory processing disorder. What to do?

OP- here , I am very grateful for your and everyone’s replies. Lots of things I can read and try to make it better. I hope this helps anyone else in a similar situation. Thank you.

nus07on The internet didn’t kill counterculture, it's just not on Instagram (2021)

Money corrupts all. A big part of counterculture in the past was the luxury to go against the grain and do things without having to worry about your next meal or paying off your debts and healthcare. Unfortunately today we live in a much more complex society where a lot more people are in debt and less secure. As a result it’s become way more difficult to be counterculture today. The ones who are probably considered crazy right wingers or so on.

nus07on Shopify will be smaller by about 20% and Flexport will buy Shopify Logistics

Last time I read a very reassuring and cogent letter by the CEO of Shopify about the layoffs . But at no point did the letter hint at further layoffs no less 20% which is huge. Wondering what the explanation is this time. I understand everyone has their worth and price but I fail to see how management and leadership at companies still have jobs and huge bonuses.

Reaganomics has had 35 years. Maybe we need a new vision for our society.

nus07on A small number of companies are colluding to cheat H1B visa lottery, US says

The majority of international students coming to the US are wealthy or from upper middle class families . Do you really want to shut out deserving people who cannot afford to study in the US . Or make the US similar to Vancouver, BC where all the wealthy elite moved and bought up all the businesses and real estate after working for a few years ?

nus07on Samsung considers moving to Bing as default search engine

Sundar is a McKinsey consultant who is very pleasant and agreeable and can keep a boat steady while maximizing shareholder return. Unfortunately there isn’t much innovation happening . Google needs a Larry Page or Musk like character back at the helm.

nus07on Amazon employees express dismay, anger about sudden return-to-office policy

So you are indirectly saying that they will form a union. Human greed will say that the developer in Seattle(or others) will not agree to it and look for a better deal for himself/herself.

nus07on McKinsey Plans to Eliminate About 2000 Jobs in One of Its Biggest Rounds of Cuts

Also Bain and BCG .

nus07on McKinsey Plans to Eliminate About 2000 Jobs in One of Its Biggest Rounds of Cuts

When you have to layoff people or have hard conversations or navigate politics qualities that are required are - being good looking , being popular and liked , being pleasant in conversations and demeanor. Management consultants usually come from wealthy or upper middle class families , go to elite schools and are usually good looking and have a very pleasant demeanor. So that’s why they are hired to do what leadership in a big organization cannot for fear of revolt or bad blood.

nus07on Ask HN: How are the current layoffs affecting non-US developers?

Interestingly no comments from anyone in India considering that is the largest tech market outside the US and where majority of jobs are moving to and India seems to be one of the few countries growing and projected to do well in this economic slump environment. I guess all their developers are busy working so no time for HN.

nus07on YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down

Ever heard of Jawed Karim?

nus07on Does Google need a new CEO?

Sundar has Mckinsified and MBAfied Google.He faces intense spotlight because his background is McKinsey and Product Management . In core engineering and tech circles that’s the ultimate enemy and sell out. IMO Sundar hasn’t demonstrated the type of tech leadership like Satya or Zuck has. I am no fan of Zuck but he has a product he wants to pursue ( Metaverse) and is sticking to his guns to make it happen . Sundar just comes across as a pleasant McKinsey consultant who has seen ads and search as a cash cow and is focused on extracting as much cash from it to appeal to shareholders and others . There is no underlying tech vision or guts.

nus07on Does Google need a new CEO?

nus07on Google employees criticize CEO for “dumpster fire” response to ChatGPT

Sundar faces intense spotlight because his background is McKinsey and Product Management . In core engineering and tech circles that’s the ultimate enemy and sell out. IMO Sundar hasn’t demonstrated the type of tech leadership like Satya or Zuck has. I am no fan of Zuck but he has a product he wants to pursue ( Metaverse) and is sticking to his guns to make it happen . Sundar just comes across as a pleasant McKinsey consultant who has seen ads and search as a cash cow and is focused on extracting as much cash from it to appeal to shareholders and others . There is no underlying tech vision or guts.

nus07on Tech's Elite Hates Labor

Something I want to see as an experiment- pause the H1B program for 3 years and see how the tech elite react.

nus07on Yahoo is making a return to search

Sundar Pichai has so Mckinsified and MBAfied Google that at this point Google search seems like an A/B test to deliver the best targeted ad . Probably better of using any other search including Yahoo .

nus07on J&J can’t use bankruptcy to resolve talc-injury lawsuits, appeals court rules

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/09/19/johnson-johnso...

Very detailed explanation and the history behind it.

nus07on PagerDuty CEO Quotes Martin Luther King Jr. In Worst Layoff Email Ever

I once worked for a well known healthcare consulting firm where right after layoffs the CEO said on a company wide call that the layoffs would help all the rest to reach their target bonuses. I have reached the conclusion that most executives in the US reach their level because of factors outside expertise and capability and for the most part are clueless and tone deaf .

nus07on Evidence that Adani Group has engaged in stock manipulation and accounting fraud

How will it affect India’s economy if the Adani Group crashes? India8is currently one of the fastest growing economies and wondering what effect this may have on the economy.

nus07on U.S. accuses Google of abusing monopoly in ad technology

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/06/lina-khans-bat...

For more context. A long but good read on the current FTC chairman.

nus07on Ask HN: How do ADHD people cope on here?

I have to keep my phone next to me for 2FA, MFA while working. What workaround can I use to not have my phone in a different room while working?

nus07on A cab ride I'll never forget (1999)

This is another thing which cell phones have killed. Today odds are you would be trying to call or text to get in or just browsing on your phone with no time to listen to some old man’s stories .