> * Intel still has more employees in 2024 than in 2019. Instead of trimming fat, he added more fat. Intel hiring practices under Gelsinger were really puzzlin

> * Intel still has more employees in 2024 than in 2019. Instead of trimming fat, he added more fat. Intel hiring practices under Gelsinger were really puzzling. Did he think that by hiring thousands of random university graduates there will be the next Gordon Moore among them? It was also discussed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42300028 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42300028 I can kind of understand the extensive poaching of TSMC engineers in Arizona. Though making TSMC upset is playing with fire as much of Intel's business now depends on them.