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From what I heard, Eric Lippert was one of the layoff victims. I find it unlikely that he was actually a poor performer, since he's an industry legend.
by chihuahua 10mo ago
From what I heard, Eric Lippert was one of the layoff victims. I find it unlikely that he was actually a poor performer, since he's an industry legend.
- anonymars 10mo ago"[My probabilistic languages] team in particular was at the point where we were regularly putting models into production that on net reduced costs by millions of dollars a year over the cost of the work. ... We foolishly thought that we would naturally be protected from any layoffs, being a team that reduced costs of any team we partnered with. ... The whole Probability division was laid off as a cost-cutting measure. I have no explanation for how this was justified and I note that if the company were actually serious about cost-cutting, they would have grown our team, not destroyed it." https://ericlippert.com/2022/11/30/a-long-expected-update/#:~:text=We%20were%20very,not%20destroyed%20it. https://ericlippert.com/2022/11/30/a-long-expected-update/#:...
- twodave 10mo agoThanks, this is what I was looking for. Puts the original point into focus.