Amazon's warehouse worker tracking system can automatically fire people

Re:Amazon's warehouse worker tracking system can automatical... by caseymarquis on Friday April 26, 2019 @08:02AM (#19756539)

My wife says programmers just press buttons and look at a glowing rectangle all day. I think you've just done the equivalent.

Having worked both in software development and at a warehouse, I can vouch that both have multiple dimensions.

Oddly enough, both jobs involve sorting algorithms, and both can be completely derailed by poor management.

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Re:Amazon's warehouse worker tracking system can automatical... by sigi45 on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @04:03AM (#19785965)

Let me work in a warehouse. What do you think how long does my initial training will take to be a picker at an amazon warehouse?

I will tell you: between 2 days and 6 weeks.

"shrinking its warehouse training time from a conventional six weeks to as little as two days."

How long do you think i have to train your wife to setup a kubernetes cluster, make sure it is secure, backuped and works efficient? Then when she knows that, how to build images, and write code in java, go, bash, ansible etc.?

If the answer is longer than 6 weeks, you see the difference. And don't get me wrong, i have seen people who had a 3 year education and start as juniors and miss a lot for years until they get it all right.

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