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Where do you think all the heads to chop came from for all the publicized layoffs in tech these past couple of years?
by bdcravens 2y ago
Where do you think all the heads to chop came from for all the publicized layoffs in tech these past couple of years?
- kortilla 2y agoExpected ROI. Do you know what a jobs program is? I think a lot of confusion comes from people not understanding that a role that currently costs more than in brings in is absolutely not the same thing as a jobs program. A jobs program is designed to just keep people employed at a loss by design. No expectation of a path to ever making money. The TSA is an example of a jobs program.
- bdcravens 2y agoThere are some roles like that in tech. For example, "charitable" positions like full-time OSS devs. Another one that is questionable are tech evangelists or dev rel. Sometimes those positions can be connected to revenue, but usually it's "mindshare" accounting.
- seadan83 2y agoOSS dev might be a bad example. OSS is often an internal product that is opened up to gain free OSS labor. Most often, the position would exist within the company if it were OSS or not. In other words, it is something the company is working on regardless of OSS or private codebase
- bdcravens 2y agoNot all paid OSS development is the company's product/project. Many of the largest open source projects are dependent on corporate "charity".