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Re:Meta Is Said to Plan Thousands More Layoffs as Soon as Th... by 4gotunameagain on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @07:35AM (#35054621)
I'm torn, I highly dislike both tech moguls and people who work for big tech, who should I support here ?

Tech feudalists losing billions is a great thing, plus big tech wages going down ? It is a clear win-win.

Due to the imbalanced tech incomes, we have lost so many beautiful minds to tech. We need more doctors, more engineers, more visionaries.. And all we have is tech nerds and "influencers". And this is coming from a tech nerd engineer.

Re:Meta Is Said to Plan Thousands More Layoffs as Soon as Th... by brokencode on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @09:16AM (#35055567)
HN is probably not the best audience for this message. But I obviously disagree.

People don’t become doctors because it’s insanely hard, stressful, time-consuming, and expensive. What we need there is not more money, as doctors also have high salaries already, but a reform in the system to make it more appealing to do the work.

I’m not sure what you mean by “more engineers, more visionaries”. Are workers at big tech companies not engineers? And how does reducing somebody’s salary make them a visionary?

More likely is that somebody makes a lot of money in a big tech company then can afford to quit their job and start their own company. Aka, they can become a “visionary”, like you suggest.

Re:Meta Is Said to Plan Thousands More Layoffs as Soon as Th... by chasd00 on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @09:27AM (#35055682)
> Are workers at big tech companies not engineers?

that's actually a very controversial question and has been debated my whole code-writing career ( 26 years so far ).

Re:Meta Is Said to Plan Thousands More Layoffs as Soon as Th... by red-iron-pine on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @09:26AM (#35055673)
> plus big tech wages going down ? It is a clear win-win.

lol wut.

also, what website are you posting on?