cfltlayoffs

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by cfltlayoffs 4y ago
Yeah I've seen this for a bunch of startups that weren't profitable and struggled to close a new funding round. They pay back the VCs, the employees get zeroed out, and the execs usually get a retention bonus in the 6 figure range
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by cfltlayoffs 4y ago
This is such a superficial understanding of "support". They make their logo rainbow for a month. None of the groups you mentioned support police abolition, prison abolition, for instance. Police budgets still go up. Homeless encam
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by cfltlayoffs 4y ago
I do think Daniels are a great example of actual counterculture like this article is talking about. Swiss Army Man is weird as shit, and deeply affecting. EEAO has very much broken into the mainstream while preserving a lot of their style a
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by cfltlayoffs 4y ago
That's not what the article is about. The article is about creative content, and how YouTube content is aesthetically all the same. Jordan Peterson videos have the same stupid thumbnails as all other clickbait. People have said it in t
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by cfltlayoffs 4y ago
What are the great creative works you identify with the alt-right? I know lots of great leftist artists, musicians, etc. but I don't see alt-righters making a lot of daring indie cinema for instance.
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by cfltlayoffs 4y ago
Honestly if you still enjoy your day job, consider yourself lucky. Do something else in your free time and enjoy your massive FAANG salary.
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by cfltlayoffs 4y ago
In the recent layoffs I've seen some very senior high-performing engineers get the axe, because they were very expensive and the org could get two juniors grinding out CRUD for the same value as one super senior architecture astronaut.
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by cfltlayoffs 4y ago
Based on the people I know who work at Confluent, the messaging at all hands meetings has been that the market conditions didn't affect staffing plans. Employees make decisions based on the expectation of ongoing employment - if the CE
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Tell HN: Confluent laying off 8% of staff
270 points by cfltlayoffs 4y ago|318 comments