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Part of Zucks plan to stop hiring mid-level engineers this year (as he said on JRE)? I am very very skeptical of this idea - what do you all think?

jsheard 2y ago
Who are we to doubt Zuckerbergs judgement when his last big pivot to the Metaverse was such a success? Let him cook. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/22/mark-zuckerberg-envisions-1-billion-people-in-the-metaverse.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/22/mark-zuckerberg-envisions-1-...
- chaosharmonic 2y ago
  You mean the one he took "personal responsibility" for, while laying off >10000 people and conveniently still having a job for himself?
  - sadjad 2y ago
    "But make no mistake. Though they're the ones leaving, it is I who must remain and bear the heavy burden of their failure." ~GB
    - neilv 2y ago
      The "Silicon Valley" show had many brilliant moments.
    - desertrider12 2y ago
      Imagine if avatar Gavin Belson had done the "metaverse legs" product reveal, with the animation running at 10 frames/second and a few legless avatars in the audience throwing up confetti. It would be almost too ridiculous to put in the show because the show itself would look like it was being cheap with the effects. But Meta had spent $36 billion on the metaverse at this point. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njvp-E8gzqA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njvp-E8gzqA
      - deleted 2y ago
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      - chaosharmonic 2y ago
        Who do you think foreshadowed masculine energy coming back to tech? GB, with the Box 3 Gavin Belson Signature Edition? Or Russ Hanneman, with... everything? (Or was it Jared, with Russ being right about him?)
        TypingOutBugs 2y ago
        This guy fucks
        PyWoody 2y ago
        Ed Chambers (before he was fired, of course)
    - danny_codes 2y ago
      "Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make." - Lord Farquad
- __loam 2y ago
  Zuck will demand accountibility from his employees while being subject to none himself because of the ownership structure of meta.
bastardoperator 2y ago
It's 100% absolute bullshit. We've seen the tests, it can barely replace a low skilled job. Who's going to prompt these AI tools to do stuff and who's going to correct the bugs AI introduces? Zuck is high on steroids.
- hellojesus 2y ago
  I assume that it's just the standard line that is fed to shareholders. Shareholders like "we're cutting labor because of AI adoption" much more than "we're cutting labor to save costs and cull some deadend r&d". While both are fiscally positive, one gives off vibes of growth and innovation while the other doesn't.
diob 2y ago
I think that if they truly go through with this (and others follow suit), consulting is going to be eating good for the next 5-10 years. So much slop to be called in to clean up.
matrix87 2y ago
he didn't say he was going to stop hiring them, he said that AI would perform at a similar ability

jsheard 2y ago

Who are we to doubt Zuckerbergs judgement when his last big pivot to the Metaverse was such a success? Let him cook. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/22/mark-zuckerberg-envisions-1-billion-people-in-the-metaverse.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/22/mark-zuckerberg-envisions-1-...

chaosharmonic 2y ago
You mean the one he took "personal responsibility" for, while laying off >10000 people and conveniently still having a job for himself?
- sadjad 2y ago
  "But make no mistake. Though they're the ones leaving, it is I who must remain and bear the heavy burden of their failure." ~GB
  - neilv 2y ago
    The "Silicon Valley" show had many brilliant moments.
  - desertrider12 2y ago
    Imagine if avatar Gavin Belson had done the "metaverse legs" product reveal, with the animation running at 10 frames/second and a few legless avatars in the audience throwing up confetti. It would be almost too ridiculous to put in the show because the show itself would look like it was being cheap with the effects. But Meta had spent $36 billion on the metaverse at this point. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njvp-E8gzqA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njvp-E8gzqA
    - deleted 2y ago
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    - chaosharmonic 2y ago
      Who do you think foreshadowed masculine energy coming back to tech? GB, with the Box 3 Gavin Belson Signature Edition? Or Russ Hanneman, with... everything? (Or was it Jared, with Russ being right about him?)
      - TypingOutBugs 2y ago
        This guy fucks
      - PyWoody 2y ago
        Ed Chambers (before he was fired, of course)
  - danny_codes 2y ago
    "Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make." - Lord Farquad
__loam 2y ago
Zuck will demand accountibility from his employees while being subject to none himself because of the ownership structure of meta.

bastardoperator 2y ago

It's 100% absolute bullshit. We've seen the tests, it can barely replace a low skilled job. Who's going to prompt these AI tools to do stuff and who's going to correct the bugs AI introduces? Zuck is high on steroids.

hellojesus 2y ago
I assume that it's just the standard line that is fed to shareholders. Shareholders like "we're cutting labor because of AI adoption" much more than "we're cutting labor to save costs and cull some deadend r&d". While both are fiscally positive, one gives off vibes of growth and innovation while the other doesn't.

diob 2y ago

I think that if they truly go through with this (and others follow suit), consulting is going to be eating good for the next 5-10 years. So much slop to be called in to clean up.

matrix87 2y ago

he didn't say he was going to stop hiring them, he said that AI would perform at a similar ability