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It makes no sense to you because you're seeing it from the inside as a developer. Step outside the echo chamber and realize macro-economic trends have replaced
by forward1 3y ago
It makes no sense to you because you're seeing it from the inside as a developer.
Step outside the echo chamber and realize macro-economic trends have replaced the need to innovate with a basic instinct to just survive the coming storm caused by a decade of free money.
- JeffSnazz 3y agoI mean it's not even about innovation per se—we've run out of new frontiers to exploit. First it was a literal frontier, then it was an economic frontier, and finally a computer and internet frontier. Maybe VR is the next thing, but I think we may have hit peak technological usefulness (to consumers) and it's all enshittification from here on out.
- wg0 3y agoProfound observation. Further technology from here onwards is only the science fiction level. Computers that can display information on back of your eye lids maybe (with gadgets no more than an earphone while lasting several days on a charge) so that you don't even have to hold your phone. But that's really far far into future and even probably downright forbidden by the physics.
- InCityDreams 3y agoDidn't everything seem like science fiction at one point (sufficiently in the past)? Steam trains, air-flight, computers...
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- vachina 3y agoFeels like nobody wants to sit down and work on those “frontiers” anymore. Because working on fundamental ideas don’t get you paid in dollars, maybe just a pat in the back.
- dr_kiszonka 3y agoI am thinking the next frontier could be at the intersection of consumer tech and biology.
- ryandrake 3y agoWhat is all this about survival? Most of the giant companies and many of the other ones, all doing layoffs, are making money hand over fist and will likely be wildly profitable for years to come. This is not about survival. Google and Meta and all these other companies are clearly not struggling to survive like some startup running out of runway.
- nateglims 3y agoI'm not sure if it's survival exactly, but it's comparatively bad outlook. They are making money now, but the profit rates are trending downward in some old reliable cash cows. If you look at say amazon, AWS is still very profitable but it's decreasing. The part that is divorced from reality is when they manically over hire (because pandemic investment and consumption is permanent I guess?) then try to layoff their way back to the way it was which incredibly costly both in money and culture.
- Hadriel 3y agoOh god please don't exaggerate with 'survive the coming storm' when it comes to Google. They make like 60 B in profit each year. Survival is so far away from the right word to describe their situation. It's just about profit maximization. How about we step outside the cult of capitalism for its own sake.
- forward1 3y agoHow much (less) in profit each year would Google have to make for you to consider them in survival mode? And also, what qualifies you to be the expert on their financial status and needs?