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For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins

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Re: For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins

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Post by LanguageGamer »

AlexB138 wrote: post #11
robryan wrote: post #8

The office environment in the picture looks terrible. Not only is it open plan but there seems to be barely enough room to setup a couple of screens and a laptop.

Agreed, it looks absolutely miserable. I would really like to see an end to the era of open work spaces, or at least shared desks. Is anyone aware of a study comparing the productivity of developers in these types environments to ones that provide a little privacy?

Not specific to developers, but this article, The Physical Environment of The Office, reviews several studies of impact of office-type on office workers:

https://lubswww.leeds.ac.uk/fileadmin/webfiles/cstsd/Documen...

Re: For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins

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Post by derefr »

beatpanda wrote: post #19
skewart wrote: post #15

Is it just me or does it seem like a lot of media outlets really, really want to see a big tech downturn? I want to say to the collective writers ofthe WSJ, the NYT, and everyone else, "stop trying to make a bubble happen, it's not going to happen." I get that a bursting bubble would be dramatic, and would make for lots of compelling stories. But there are plenty of other exciting and interesting things going on in t…

Journalists report on things that are happening. People resist this idea like nothing else in the universe, but really, it's true. There are objective data to support the conclusion of a slowdown in the tech industry. I'm sorry if this upsets you.

It's a bit of both: journalists try to find anything that makes for a good, compelling story as it's happening.

Now, some things can be seen in advance to make for good, compelling stories; some journalists have already written a piece in their heads about certain topics, long before the news actually comes out.

But nobody is reporting things just because they want them to be true. People are just jumping to report things now that they "finally" are at least a little bit true.

Re: For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins

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Post by samcheng »

skewart wrote: post #15

Is it just me or does it seem like a lot of media outlets really, really want to see a big tech downturn? I want to say to the collective writers ofthe WSJ, the NYT, and everyone else, "stop trying to make a bubble happen, it's not going to happen." I get that a bursting bubble would be dramatic, and would make for lots of compelling stories. But there are plenty of other exciting and interesting things going on in t…

Newspapers in particular were butchered by the World Wide Web and Social Media. Paper advertising revenue is roughly a third of what it was a decade ago. That revenue paid the salaries of a lot of journalists... Of course the ones left hate us!

http://www.journalism.org/chart/newspaper-ad-revenue-from-di...

Re: For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins

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Post by venantius »

metric10 wrote: post #23
foxly wrote: post #12

Please stop posting paywalled articles on Hacker News.

Google the article's title and click on it. WSJ articles referred from Google news search are free. edit: As reported below, try turning off your ad blocker and/or using incognito.

That is no longer true.

Re: For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins

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Post by misframer »

venantius wrote: post #26
metric10 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google the article's title and click on it. WSJ articles referred from Google news search are free. edit: As reported below, try turning off your ad blocker and/or using incognito.

That is no longer true.

Worked for me. Are you sure?

Edit: It doesn't work when I try it in a regular tab, but it works in incognito on Chrome.

Re: For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins

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Post by seibelj »

skewart wrote: post #15

Is it just me or does it seem like a lot of media outlets really, really want to see a big tech downturn? I want to say to the collective writers ofthe WSJ, the NYT, and everyone else, "stop trying to make a bubble happen, it's not going to happen." I get that a bursting bubble would be dramatic, and would make for lots of compelling stories. But there are plenty of other exciting and interesting things going on in t…

Seriously? When the entire country has been forced to endure decades of stagnant wages, crippling debt, and the two major presidential candidates are a socialist and a fascist, you are surprised that people want the most babied, prima donna group of workers to ever walk the earth to get their comeuppance? An entire group of engineers who complain about 6 figure salaries and how hard it is to live on them?

I'm one of the group, I'm exactly the person I just described, I'm just not shocked in the slightest.

Re: For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins

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Post by venantius »

venantius wrote: post #26
metric10 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google the article's title and click on it. WSJ articles referred from Google news search are free. edit: As reported below, try turning off your ad blocker and/or using incognito.

That is no longer true.

Looks like they track the number of visits you've made to the WSJ in the past. If you use an incognito window you can still use the Google search results.

Re: For Silicon Valley, the Hangover Begins

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Post by m52go »

jwcrux wrote: post #2

If only there were a way to bypass that paywall.

I'm on Chrome on a Mac. I clicked the web link on this page, clicked the SkyMag link on Google (the 2nd link for me after HN...your Google results may differ as I'm signed in), and then clicked their green Read More button, and got the full article on WSJ.

Risky, but it worked.

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