The TikTok that started the mass layoffs and cost 100k+ tech workers their jobs (according to tech Twitter)
WElW48 @ Adobe
https://vxtwitter.com/rishmishra/status/1673170574376566784
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WElW48 @ Adobe
https://vxtwitter.com/rishmishra/status/1673170574376566784
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James Mishra (@rishmishra)
this was the moment the tech industry collapsed
ใQRT of cold ๐ฅ (@coldhealing):ใ
'https://t.co/EMMkS0dYgC'
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ใQRT of cold ๐ฅ (@coldhealing):ใ
'https://t.co/EMMkS0dYgC'
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I really hope they keep squeezing Reddit until it bursts
โค๏ธshaped๐ @ Apple
Yโall over there are incompetent morons who see phone data mining as the only way to make money, and do not give a single shit about actual user experience. Or have the brains to concoct even a single proper revenue stream, which, mind you, even some randos building 3rd party apps apparently do.
I mean, WTF is this shit? Who tf are you to keep demanding people install your lazy piece of shit app to access your site? Fuck you.
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โค๏ธshaped๐ @ Apple
Yโall over there are incompetent morons who see phone data mining as the only way to make money, and do not give a single shit about actual user experience. Or have the brains to concoct even a single proper revenue stream, which, mind you, even some randos building 3rd party apps apparently do.
I mean, WTF is this shit? Who tf are you to keep demanding people install your lazy piece of shit app to access your site? Fuck you.
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Microsoft ex-VP of HR says leave company ASAP if you're put on PIP
cloud75 @ Microsoft
https://businessinsider.com/what-to-do-if-placed-on-pip-microsoft-vp-leave-asap-2023-7
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cloud75 @ Microsoft
https://businessinsider.com/what-to-do-if-placed-on-pip-microsoft-vp-leave-asap-2023-7
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Business Insider
Microsoft's ex-HR VP says to leave your company ASAP if you're put on a PIP: 'Surviving it is like a sign on your back'
An ex-Microsoft HR VP writes that performance-improvement plans rarely help people recover. He advises getting a fresh start in a new position.
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Blind lied to me
hcukv @ Amazon
Joined Amazon and was worried initially. Now many months in I conclude Amazon isn't a hard job. Either I'm amazing, y'all are lazy, or y'all gotta git gud. Probably a mix of all 3 tbh.
TC 340k
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hcukv @ Amazon
Joined Amazon and was worried initially. Now many months in I conclude Amazon isn't a hard job. Either I'm amazing, y'all are lazy, or y'all gotta git gud. Probably a mix of all 3 tbh.
TC 340k
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Addicted to cocaine
Misc... @ New
I have become addicted to cocaine and now I am using it from the second I wake up till a few hours before I switch to weed and try to get tired enough to sleep. Using ~1g/day. The cost is ~$650/week.
Aside from the negative impact it is having on my health (nose inflamed pretty much constantly) and on my finances it hasn't negatively impacted my life. Just as productive on my job as ever, relationship with my wife is good, etc.
I want to want to quit... But at this stage I am not even resisting the urge to use.
Mostly venting as I'm sure none of you perfect tech millionaires can relate or advise.
Edit: 200k TC
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Misc... @ New
I have become addicted to cocaine and now I am using it from the second I wake up till a few hours before I switch to weed and try to get tired enough to sleep. Using ~1g/day. The cost is ~$650/week.
Aside from the negative impact it is having on my health (nose inflamed pretty much constantly) and on my finances it hasn't negatively impacted my life. Just as productive on my job as ever, relationship with my wife is good, etc.
I want to want to quit... But at this stage I am not even resisting the urge to use.
Mostly venting as I'm sure none of you perfect tech millionaires can relate or advise.
Edit: 200k TC
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1m Net worth under 30 ๐
hamper @ Microsoft
Today I eclipsed 1 million for the first time. Posting on Blind because I donโt want share with friends/family. No special words or feelings today. Iโll save that for all the legit 5m posts.
NW Breakdown
425k investment
375k retirement
520k home
20k cash
-340k loan
Tracking NW by age I hit the goal before 29.
Age NW (change in year)
29 1m
28 850 +50 (goal: +200)
27 800 (+250)
26 550 (+250)
25 300 (+100)
24 200 (+100)
23 100 (+85)
22 15
18 6
Personal facts:
B.S. in CS @ public school ~3.0 GPA
Home owner for 3 years (2.75 % interest, ~500k)
Car paid off for 7+ years (thanks to parents)
The biggest contributing factors for me excluding macro econ:
1) family that paid for my education
2) consistent learning. I was a scrub who was not at all interested in tech until I was 22/23. 3x increase in salary since first job (85k)
3) a foolish, once in a lifetime, investment strategy - margin 150k and earn 85k during 2020
TC - 230k
YOE - 7
#networth
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hamper @ Microsoft
Today I eclipsed 1 million for the first time. Posting on Blind because I donโt want share with friends/family. No special words or feelings today. Iโll save that for all the legit 5m posts.
NW Breakdown
425k investment
375k retirement
520k home
20k cash
-340k loan
Tracking NW by age I hit the goal before 29.
Age NW (change in year)
29 1m
28 850 +50 (goal: +200)
27 800 (+250)
26 550 (+250)
25 300 (+100)
24 200 (+100)
23 100 (+85)
22 15
18 6
Personal facts:
B.S. in CS @ public school ~3.0 GPA
Home owner for 3 years (2.75 % interest, ~500k)
Car paid off for 7+ years (thanks to parents)
The biggest contributing factors for me excluding macro econ:
1) family that paid for my education
2) consistent learning. I was a scrub who was not at all interested in tech until I was 22/23. 3x increase in salary since first job (85k)
3) a foolish, once in a lifetime, investment strategy - margin 150k and earn 85k during 2020
TC - 230k
YOE - 7
#networth
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Making 145 for working 3 hrs daily
i9ewit @ Audible
Laid off from Audible even after working like a slave with 250 TC . Now making 145 for working just 3 hours for a day with contracting job.
Is this a win situation for me โฆ?
Surely making less money but have lot of time for myself .
Edit : 145 + 401k + ok Insurance + 15 PTO
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i9ewit @ Audible
Laid off from Audible even after working like a slave with 250 TC . Now making 145 for working just 3 hours for a day with contracting job.
Is this a win situation for me โฆ?
Surely making less money but have lot of time for myself .
Edit : 145 + 401k + ok Insurance + 15 PTO
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Recession is hitting some people harder!
ayvwca @ Mailchimp
TLDR:
- Wife is leaving her husband who lost his 500-700k job and have gotten a 250k job.
- Wifeโs allowance reduced to 3k from 10k and isnโt able to splurge money like she was used to!
- Wife doesnโt have kids and doesnโt want to settle for a loser as she can easily get his colleagues who still make more than 500k
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ayvwca @ Mailchimp
TLDR:
- Wife is leaving her husband who lost his 500-700k job and have gotten a 250k job.
- Wifeโs allowance reduced to 3k from 10k and isnโt able to splurge money like she was used to!
- Wife doesnโt have kids and doesnโt want to settle for a loser as she can easily get his colleagues who still make more than 500k
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Resigning tomorrow
Alpha$& @ Meta
I am 43, and NW around 2.5M. My wife has been tell me that I donโt laugh anymore and doctor told me that my health is degrading.
Well, thatโs it. I would have loved to get laid off but I think itโs time for me to take a 3-4 months break and get handle on my health and my life, then get back to work.
Is the Job market getting better now?
M1 - $550 TC (Joined Meta at the worst time)
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Alpha$& @ Meta
I am 43, and NW around 2.5M. My wife has been tell me that I donโt laugh anymore and doctor told me that my health is degrading.
Well, thatโs it. I would have loved to get laid off but I think itโs time for me to take a 3-4 months break and get handle on my health and my life, then get back to work.
Is the Job market getting better now?
M1 - $550 TC (Joined Meta at the worst time)
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Immigrants, do you find Americansโ obsession with race overbearing?
dulapeeep @ New
Iโve spent over ten years in this country, and I find that the narrative is becoming more extreme and attaching itself to everything in everyday life. Drugs are a race issue. Safety is a race issue. Even where Trader Joeโs is located is a race issue. In my job, I had to talk about my views on race. Honestly, I am relatively new here and I barely know where Dakota is. It feels like a forced religion and belief to me when all I want is meritocracy. Yes it is part of the countryโs history but so are Christianity, Scientology Mormonism.
I am exhausted, and honestly, this is turning me politically in the other direction. And yes, I find affirmative action ridiculous, and I find allowing kids to transition their sex at a young age to be dangerous. But I wonder if itโs just me. (Before you come for me, I am a gay immigrant raised by a single mom and earned my scholarship to come here.)
I am surprised, to be honest, about how my attitude has changed over the last five years on such issues. Do you find the obsession with race overbearing and imposing?
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Before anyone starts screaming, let me design a sophisticated ai powered algorithm to detect human preference on this topic
Ummm gosh after a tremendous team effort, finally, thank you, see results here๐๐๐
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dulapeeep @ New
Iโve spent over ten years in this country, and I find that the narrative is becoming more extreme and attaching itself to everything in everyday life. Drugs are a race issue. Safety is a race issue. Even where Trader Joeโs is located is a race issue. In my job, I had to talk about my views on race. Honestly, I am relatively new here and I barely know where Dakota is. It feels like a forced religion and belief to me when all I want is meritocracy. Yes it is part of the countryโs history but so are Christianity, Scientology Mormonism.
I am exhausted, and honestly, this is turning me politically in the other direction. And yes, I find affirmative action ridiculous, and I find allowing kids to transition their sex at a young age to be dangerous. But I wonder if itโs just me. (Before you come for me, I am a gay immigrant raised by a single mom and earned my scholarship to come here.)
I am surprised, to be honest, about how my attitude has changed over the last five years on such issues. Do you find the obsession with race overbearing and imposing?
โโโ
Before anyone starts screaming, let me design a sophisticated ai powered algorithm to detect human preference on this topic
Ummm gosh after a tremendous team effort, finally, thank you, see results here๐๐๐
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OpenAI is reinventing tech compensation with flat salaries, no bonuses and no negotiation
Anon2714 @ Bloomberg
https://businessinsider.com/openai-unique-compensation-package-among-tech-companies-ppu-2023-6
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Anon2714 @ Bloomberg
https://businessinsider.com/openai-unique-compensation-package-among-tech-companies-ppu-2023-6
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Business Insider
OpenAI is reinventing tech compensation with flat salaries, no bonuses and no negotiation as it banks on untapped potential
The buzzy AI company is offering employees non-nonsense pay packages with big potential for upside.
I have no goals in life
Mr^Nobody @ Amazon
I am 30 single male and all I do is wake up, work, eat, sleep, repeat. There is nothing to look forward to. I don't understand how people live their lives. I don't know where I want to be in 5, 10 or 15 years. I just don't want to exist. What can I do to make life meaningful?
TC 150k
#depression #mentalhealth
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Mr^Nobody @ Amazon
I am 30 single male and all I do is wake up, work, eat, sleep, repeat. There is nothing to look forward to. I don't understand how people live their lives. I don't know where I want to be in 5, 10 or 15 years. I just don't want to exist. What can I do to make life meaningful?
TC 150k
#depression #mentalhealth
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Working at Google is not prestigious anymore
anetman @ Arista Networks
Google != Prestige anymore.
No direction.
Always chasing others.
Not the best TC.
Not the best growth.
Not the best hiring process (leetcode factory).
Not the best engineers working (leetcode labors).
Not the best hiring bar (anybody who does enough leetcode practice gets in. Doesn't need in depth knowledge within domain)
Not the best stock appreciation.
Not the best CEO.
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anetman @ Arista Networks
Google != Prestige anymore.
No direction.
Always chasing others.
Not the best TC.
Not the best growth.
Not the best hiring process (leetcode factory).
Not the best engineers working (leetcode labors).
Not the best hiring bar (anybody who does enough leetcode practice gets in. Doesn't need in depth knowledge within domain)
Not the best stock appreciation.
Not the best CEO.
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Amazon is one of the best places to work in America
hcukv @ Amazon
It really is.
If I could do things over I'd choose to work at Amazon again.
TC ๐
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hcukv @ Amazon
It really is.
If I could do things over I'd choose to work at Amazon again.
TC ๐
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AMA - 3.5M NW at 33 yrs
WishUWereM @ Microsoft
MSFT gets a lot of hate for paying peanuts. Here I am, a 10 year MSFT veteran who started in 2013, fresh out of college with $0 in my bank who just crossed $3.5M in NW today. Its possible!
I am not a crypto millionaire - haven't invested a single $ ever into crypto. This has been built purely on RE, stocks and making the sitting money work for me. My 401k isn't stellar (little over $100k in it). My wife earns around $120k and has been working for 5 years. We have 2 toddlers and overall household TC is around $475k.
Attached proof from Mint for NW and ERC snapshot to prove age and company.
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WishUWereM @ Microsoft
MSFT gets a lot of hate for paying peanuts. Here I am, a 10 year MSFT veteran who started in 2013, fresh out of college with $0 in my bank who just crossed $3.5M in NW today. Its possible!
I am not a crypto millionaire - haven't invested a single $ ever into crypto. This has been built purely on RE, stocks and making the sitting money work for me. My 401k isn't stellar (little over $100k in it). My wife earns around $120k and has been working for 5 years. We have 2 toddlers and overall household TC is around $475k.
Attached proof from Mint for NW and ERC snapshot to prove age and company.
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If you are going to eliminate my position, dont expect me to work for the last two weeks ๐๐ซก
burntside @ Meta
And dont bother calling me on my last day asking me where am I ๐คฃ๐คฃ
#layoff
Tc: $0
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burntside @ Meta
And dont bother calling me on my last day asking me where am I ๐คฃ๐คฃ
#layoff
Tc: $0
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Best stock to buy that will grow 10x in 5-10 years ?
lambofan @ Amazon
Name your pick.
TC $500K
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lambofan @ Amazon
Name your pick.
TC $500K
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