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Apple layoff ToRand @ Google Oh wow. Apple appears to have discontinued their work on building an electric car and will instead prioritize AI. There will be layoffs involved. That’s big news. Apparently they have devoted over a decade to this. https://apple.news/AWRvFDx8JTvqrs48WdVdvfQ @blind_feed

This is what Google pays its engineers $600k for ryeu6362 @ Knight Barry Title Group This was deliberately done, many people, somewhere in Googles pipeline pressed for this to happen. This was clearly reviewed, tested and passed into production. This was no accident. Somehow Sundar didn’t see this though. Why on earth are all these soy engineers and managers so obsessed with wokeness? @blind_feed

Decided to keep the cat Powerade9 @ Impellam Group I found this cat a while ago when it was really cold outside. I have an entire separate post about it : Check out this post! "Should I get someone else’s cat neutered without asking them? (Pets)" https://www.teamblind.com/us/s/N6WD4Pjr Anyway, I looked for the owner and was not able to find them. I was going to give the cat away, but it was always afraid they’re going to kill the cat. So she just stuck around and all my cats have gotten used to her It’s funny, because I never wanted another cat, because two was enough. #Cats #Pet #Pets @blind_feed

Just got my GC🥳🥳🥳 Alhaji @ Microsoft My green card just arrived in the mail yesterday. FYI I got it before EAD or AP. Entire process took ≈ 2 years from initial filling of perm forms to card arriving in the mail. But the PERM stage took the most time by far (1 year). Blind was an invaluable resource during my GC process so paying it forward by sharing the timeline of my case to help motivate anyone out there: March 2022: LMT started June 2022: PERM filed May 2023: PERM approved May 2023: I-140 filed June 2023: I-140 approved (EB-3) November 2023: I-485 filed with medicals included November 2023: Finger print(biometrics apt) requested Feb 2024: Receive confirmation of approval Feb 2024: Card arrives Feels like I just got a new lease of life and the freedom to do whatever I want. Wishing you the best in your GC journey. 🙏 Edit: TC ≈ 200k @blind_feed

OpenAI vs Snowflake vs Databricks HughJones @ Meta Good problem to have, but seeking the wisdom of crowds. All roles in the Bay Area. 12 YOE, current TC ~650k, so definitely moving. @blind_feed

Death of coding.... nRd0wy @ Microsoft https://www.techradar.com/pro/nvidia-ceo-predicts-the-death-of-coding-jensen-huang-says-ai-will-do-the-work-so-kids-dont-need-to-learn What's your take on this? @blind_feed

Why is Lyft worth $6b, while Uber is over $160b? 8jksi3 @ New is it because uber engineers are better at leetcode? @blind_feed

Should I panic sell my Google stock iPad+ @ Workday ?? @blind_feed

Elon Musk openly calling for firings at Google LostlnLife @ McAfee . @blind_feed

Approaching 1M net worth in late thirties poverty_NW @ Google I don't know who to tell, I know I can't. Can't even tell the wife since she's already shocked that my 401k, brokerages have 500k there. Another 400k or so in home equity. Will hit 1M NW within the next month or so after bonus and stock vests Doesn't feel like I can let off the brakes yet. I'm telling myself that I'll loosen the belt once I hit 1M in investments (excluding home equity) but I knowing myself, I don't trust myself to ever ease up and enjoy life. I know 1M is nothing for Blinders, but I got a late start in the FAANG game. How did you train yourself to enjoy life guilt free? Married with 2 kids. Single income. 400k TC @blind_feed

Sundar needs to go RTQH04 @ Google As an employee, I'm not loving the change in culture and losing my teammates to layoffs, but I understand we're a publicly traded company and there's no smoke without fire (i.e though sad from a human point of view, we're definitely bloated in some areas). As a shareholder, we're underperforming the SP500 (-1% YTD vs +7%), our competitors (Meta and Microsoft both up double digits) and this week marks the second product launch failure in under 6 months. The loss of prestige the company has suffered in the past 18 months is hard to quantity yet, but will probably be an MBA case study of corporate blunder 10 years from now. We're a trillion dollar company that was caught with its pants on its knee by a 700-employee startup, who has shipped a better product that's directly threatening our core business. Ben Thompson put it best: "I recounted in a recent article how Nadella changed the company’s relationship to Windows, unlocking the astronomical growth that has happened under his watch, including the company’s position in AI. Google, quite clearly, needs a similar transformation: the point of the company ought not be to tell users what to think, but to help them make important decisions, as Page once promised. That means, first and foremost, excising the company of employees attracted to Google’s power and its potential to help them execute their political program, and return decision-making to those who actually want to make a good product. That, by extension, must mean removing those who let the former run amok, up to and including CEO Sundar Pichai. The stakes, for Google specifically and society broadly, are too high to simply keep one’s head down and hope that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors magically comes to its senses." Our leadership has a fiduciary duty to maximize value for its shareholders, and it's failing. Sundar needs to go. @blind_feed

WTF salary at USPS so high? doxxon @ Microsoft Almost same as h1b talents’s average salary. Any reason?. Waste of taxpayer money. @blind_feed

Vivek Ramaswamy: "We need mass deportations now" ijg45EIR @ ex-SpaceX Vivek Ramaswamy: "I say this as the kid of *legal* immigrants: your first act of entering this country cannot break the law. We need mass deportations starting *now.* That’s not racist, that’s not xenophobic. It’s the rule of law" https://twitter.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1762191932795543625 @blind_feed

Depressed at house selling next door to mine QLfU84 @ New I bought my house last year at $1m - it was OK, looks like the whole thing got the landlord special in terms of renovations, I was in a hurry to buy either way so I settled. Recently the house right next door to mine went up for sale at $900k, fully remodeled, 500 sqft more, and better layout than mine. I feel angry, mad and depressed all at the same time. @blind_feed

You WFH, what's your exercise plan? adskpigeon @ Autodesk I work from home, even from before COVID. I have realized for a few months that I gained a few extra pounds that I'd like to get rid off. What do you guys do in your day to day to exercise, all while working ? Not a fan of going to the gym, and I am not looking to get dream abs. I keep pushing it to the next day and never really get to do anything because I don't know where to start. Edit: I am a man, over 40yo. TC tax 300k (CAD) @blind_feed

Low TC is crushing my spirit depppppp @ Undisclosed I’m almost 30. Did a damn PhD and then started working in a small company. I’m fully remote but have to live in Bay Area because of my spouse’s job. I’m making 150 k. This low TC is really bothering me and I think I’ll go insane if I don’t find a new job in the next 6 months. I’ve done 400 LC problems and applied hundreds of jobs. I get interviews here and there but it doesn’t yield to an offer. Anyway most of the jobs that I find are like 180 k and hybrid which is not a significant improvement from my current situation. I’m looking for something around 250 k. Any advice? Suggestion? @blind_feed

Elon was right again sgdyeiurj @ Undisclosed Elon was and remains right. Cuts are necessary. You can easily cut 80% of your staff with no major harm to the business as an ongoing concern. Twitter is humming along and has new features at a rate not seen in years. Which begs the question, wtf were people doing at Twitter before? I can guarantee that this is probably true for every major company, some more than others. @blind_feed

1500+ laid off at Expedia…a sad day 7gbxt @ Activision Blizzard “…rightsizing our org will allow us to invest in core strategic areas. Your service is appreciated by the leadership team” https://www.geekwire.com/2024/expedia-group-cutbacks-will-impact-1500-roles-this-year-more-than-8-of-workforce/ #severance #layoff @blind_feed

End of Google ? IyiV44 @ Adobe Struggling to release any useful product. Literally no new product in the last 10 years. They missed cloud big time and now missing AI as well. Is the company coming to its end ? But hey free food ! TC 250k @blind_feed

Last ten years residen @ Meta Last 10 Years... NVIDIA NVDA: +17,826% Bitcoin BTC: +9,358% AMD: +4,684% Tesla TSLA: +1,274% Microsoft MSFT: +1,176% Apple AAPL: +1,006% Amazon AMZN: +912% Netflix NFLX: +845% Facebook META: +606% Google GOOGL: +378% S&P 500 SPY: +231% Gold GLD: +48% US CPI: +32% @blind_feed