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This is misleading. Gross margin excludes operating expenses and taxes. Net margin or operating margin is more meaningful. Here's now the operating margins stack up for Q3 2023

Nvidia 57.5% https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/nvda/financial...

Microsoft 47.6% https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/msft/financial...

Meta 40.2% https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/meta/financial...

Apple 30.1% https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/aapl/financial...

Google 27.8% https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/goog/financial...

IBM 14% https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/ibm/financials

Amazon 7.8% https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/amzn/financial...

AMD 3.8% https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/amd/financials

Apple is still extremely profitable for a company that primarily makes and sells hardware. Nvidia has a higher margin but that's because of the AI boom.

Thanks! I'll look for local linux users group

> because it's your job, so you can learn it on the clock?

I also need to deliver code on the clock. With layoffs all around, it's not great to be learning on the job..

Thank you for these resources!

What's a good conference? I've tried several local meetup groups with no luck..

Sharing what I've learned or helping someone else or working together is a strong motivator for me. I am interested in the problems but it's easy for me to get distracted and say 'no one cares' if I'm doing it alone.