I don't hate Peterson and quite enjoyed his first book. He's clearly fallen down the grifting rabbit hole, though. He's turned himself into a meme at this point.It makes sense that the people who support Musk are also Peterson fans. Jesus fuck how sad.
Anyways, my friend who was fired from Twitter already has a job offer from a SF area biotech company. It seems all of the Twitter employees leaving or being fired are getting greedily gobbled up by other companies as fast as possible. And rightfully so.
It makes sense that the people who support Musk are also Peterson fans. Jesus fuck how sad.
Anyways, my friend who was fired from Twitter already has a job offer from a SF area biotech company. It seems all of the Twitter employees leaving or being fired are getting greedily gobbled up by other companies as fast as possible. And rightfully so.
I hope they matched the $500K Twitter was paying. I also hope the thousands of Cisco, Meta and Salesforce software engineers that got fired in the SF area within the past couple of week are getting gobbled up by other companies as well.It makes sense that the people who support Musk are also Peterson fans. Jesus fuck how sad.
Anyways, my friend who was fired from Twitter already has a job offer from a SF area biotech company. It seems all of the Twitter employees leaving or being fired are getting greedily gobbled up by other companies as fast as possible. And rightfully so.
I hope they matched the $500K Twitter was paying. I also hope the thousands of Cisco, Meta and Salesforce software engineers that got fired in the SF area within the past couple of week are getting gobbled up by other companies as well.
Wow--Do we work in the same Finance department? LolTo be fair, other departments can be shit too.
I do finance. My job relies on good data. If IT/tech dept can t load the data correctly my job gets affected too. I can say the same... how hard can it be to load and churn out data?
The worst part is the dept doesn't even check their work to see if it's correct. Most of the time they only correct it if one of us notices junk data like something is wrong or some reason it's spitting out all zeros. So the dept goes on auto-pilot until someone brings it up.
And then when we tell them there's a problem.... "Can you guys submit a ticket?". Ok fine, here's your IT ticket. Then sometimes they'll respond back saying they fixed it and close the ticket. I check and it's still wrong. So again it shows they didn't even check or do the work.
Then when I say it's still wrong, they'll come back and say can you reissue a new ticket because the old one is closed.
Hey, no skin off my back really. If someone says what's up I just say the system is wrong and I'm waiting for IT to fix it again, taking forever and having me redo a ticket. If it gets bad, we just copy their department director on he email trail.
How does Big Tech typically hire for entry-level jobs? I mean, does your average Comp Sci graduate from a directional school in the Midwest have a chance of getting hired or do they typically only take kids from Ivy League, Stanford, Caltech, NYU, etc.?
The H1B belongs to the worker, not the company. An H1B holder can change jobs as long as their new job is within the scope of their visa and their new employer will sponsor them. If they're good at what they do they tend to make as much as everyone else because they can and do leave.The best thing about this whole mess imho is that it has exposed every Silicon Valley ugly secret as truth.
The entitled overpaid tech workers who care more about politics and lattes than working.
The clueless executives who overhire and make the company full of useless bloat that mass firings are inevitable when things go bad.
The H1b visa workers who are pretty much slave labor who have no choice but to obey their slave masters.
The H1B belongs to the worker, not the company. An H1B holder can change jobs as long as their new job is within the scope of their visa and their new employer will sponsor them. If they're good at what they do they tend to make as much as everyone else because they can and do leave.
Often a portion of an H1B holder's total compensation is the money their employer pays in legal fees on their behalf since a lot of those folks ultimately are seeking a green card and can't afford the legal fees themselves. There's also visa rules that limit their ability to accept different or more senior roles as role changes can affect their immigration status. I've had people on H1B ask me to not promote them because they were afraid of what it would do to their immigration status. I have a guy now who wants to be a manager but didn't accept the job because he didn't want the title change to affect his visa renewal and green card application.
But yeah, every employer just uses them for slave labor. That's the whole story.
They're two completely different people, and I respect them for completely different reasons.It makes sense that the people who support Musk are also Peterson fans. Jesus fuck how sad.
As if anyone here had any real vested interest in how this shit show ends.We have a twitter death watch thread can we have a GAF coping thread. We can update it everyday twitter is still working.
How exactly are you here for the workers? Condolences? Look around the tech world , mass layoffs are pretty normal right now. Are you just here to say sorry you lost your job?As if anyone here had any real vested interest in how this shit show ends.
I think I speak for most everyone here when I say.
We are here for the workers who are hurting and the endless popcorn moments.
Don't forget the 3 months of severance and 6 of health insurance.How exactly are you here for the workers? Condolences? Look around the tech world , mass layoffs are pretty normal right now. Are you just here to say sorry you lost your job?
That poll is a honeypot for bots if I've ever seen one.Musk knows how to get headlines and he revels in the spotlight. I'm almost certain there are a few agendas behind the polls. I was wondering if bots would be one, and it seems maybe so. I still do think he had his mind made up about the answer prior to the poll.
That’s pretty fair. I’m Union and get about 5 months of health insurance in my banked up hours. I get no severance .Don't forget the 3 months of severance and 6 of health insurance.
Peterson is the guy who claimed he didnt sleep for a month because he drank a glass of apple cider. He’s a lunatic. He’s deeply unhinged. I hope he gets the help he needs but he should not be out there doling advice to impressionable people.They're two completely different people, and I respect them for completely different reasons.
Twitter is definitely bringing out the worst in Peterson. It's all negativity with him lately.
Don’t know Peterson, but what you just explained is called marketing. I have a news flash for you , anyone who is anyone and rich does this shit but in different ways. You need to see through the political bullshit and just understand that everyone is chasing the almighty dollar.Peterson is the guy who claimed he didnt sleep for a month because he drank a glass of apple cider. He’s a lunatic. He’s deeply unhinged. I hope he gets the help he needs but he should not be out there doling advice to impressionable people.
"Shut up and only listen to what i say!"I wish some posters in this thread would listen and shut the fuck up about things they really don't know when there are folks here who actually have experience in this and can provide accurate insights.
"Shut up and only listen to what i say!"
Thats some peak social media take right here.
I offer some better advice to bring more "clarity" to "y'all":I put myself up for a ban to help get y'all some clarity instead of talking about shit you don't understand. Don't listen, that's fine - but it's just stupid comments at this point.
I've read his books and listened to countless podcasts of his. He has on esteemed guests (as well as people that I don't agree with) and has insightful conversations with them. He's far from a lunatic. You're being reductive.Peterson is the guy who claimed he didnt sleep for a month because he drank a glass of apple cider. He’s a lunatic. He’s deeply unhinged. I hope he gets the help he needs but he should not be out there doling advice to impressionable people.
"Lunatic" is a little strong, but Peterson has been acting strange for the past few years. He's a self-help guru that ended up not following his own rules to live by. I don't think his access to Twitter is good for his mental health given his tendency to be trolled easily and emotionally lash out excessively in response.I've read his books and listened to countless podcasts of his. He's far from a lunatic. You're being reductive.
I missed the better part of my 20s because of this and I did so willingly and happily. And now so full of regret.
If you did it willingly and it made you happy, what is there to regret?
As far as my reason to pay attention to this. I am in the tech industry so the treatment and or outcome for the workers is something I have an interest in.How exactly are you here for the workers? Condolences? Look around the tech world , mass layoffs are pretty normal right now. Are you just here to say sorry you lost your job?
I missed the better part of my 20s because of this and I did so willingly and happily. And now so full of regret.
I hope it's permanent
"Lunatic" is a little strong, but Peterson has been acting strange for the past few years. He's a self-help guru that ended up not following his own rules to live by. I don't think his access to Twitter is good for his mental health given his tendency to be trolled easily and emotionally lash out excessively in response.
I offer some better advice to bring more "clarity" to "y'all":
Don't belive shit you see online, that includes ex-employee twitters or whatever 'specialists' say here or in other places. Shitshows situations like this one, specially when modern politics somehow end up involved (like that guy on CNN a few pages back that somehow wanted to equate Elon with (lol)Trump(lol)), are festering beds for misinformation and shiitakes, to the point where knowing whats fake or not is nigh impossible.
And yes, that includes misinformation that corroborates whatever *you* want to believe in, yes *you* reading this right now.
Everyone has a right to speak on this issue. Stop demanding that only particular people should be able to speak.
I am asserting here because I am in this industry, got vetted by evilore, and seeing folks reference a single TikTok for all their knowledge around the tech industry and how folks work in this space is frustrating. There are a number of others who are in this space and telling what seems to be a resistance to listening or tying to understand what is actually happening (and why Musk's approach here is totally insane).
So yeah.. maybe some moderation is needed here but seems we need to move on the topic at hand instead of bashing tech workers.
Consulting tech workers about Twitter is like consulting coal workers about climate change.
Working in tech doesn't automatically validate your opinion or invalidate others. Also it is pretty pretentious to think that others don't have similar expertise or that their views are uninformed only because you disagree from your limited personal experience. People have the right to come to different conclusions, deal with it.
Tech workers have created this whole social media mess and its disastrous impact on public discourse. They were warned by other experts years ago, but refused to listen.