Ask HN: Who has been laid off? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by kortilla » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 9:58 PM UTC

cwkoss wrote: post #207

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #126

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Having just basic internet and youtube can go a long way. So you can get creative during a crisis and learn to work with a bit less to get almost as much.

You can stream most movies and TV shows online for free if you are willing to spend the time looking for them! Friendly reminder that there is nothing immoral about "piracy" of digital content. Culture should be free, so if you're not in a position to afford content, don't pay for it.

> Culture should be free,

Tell that to the artists who want to make a living making this stuff.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by dhimes » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 10:02 PM UTC

alberth wrote: post #9

My heart goes out to all who've lost their job (and those who's health has been impacted by COVID-19). In case you want to get perspective of the huge US impact of unemployment, see this automated visualization. https://t.co/G5k24nxJRS

Jesus. That kind of off-the-chart result is why log graphs were invented. Your link really hammers the disaster home.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by dillonmckay » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 10:03 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #190

There was a thread like this a little over two weeks ago, but things are moving so quickly that perhaps another is ok. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22618788

I have a feeling this will be a bi-monthly HN tradition for the foreseeable future.

It is comforting, personally, to read and share.

It can happen to anybody.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by dhimes » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 10:05 PM UTC

LarryDarrell wrote: post #115

The company I'm contracting for is flaming out fast. It's sad to see the death spiral in action. It's a shame, because it's the best work I've ever done and I don't know if anyone will ever see it. The software team was 100% remote and they were the best colleagues I've ever had. It sucks to have graduated in 07, and feel like you've hit your stride in 20.

You must be seriously grieving. I'm sorry, dude.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by pbourke » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 10:06 PM UTC

HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #189

ithrow wrote: post #37

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Just curious, how does a bartender ends up staying reading HN?

I always found it interesting how many people have taught themselves programming. I was at a customer site a few months ago installing some test hardware and the guy I was working with was their welder, having been an auto mechanic before and we got into a discussion about programming in Python! The best interaction, however, would be the homeless guy I met who used to be a programmer.

I once met an unemployed software engineer who went door to door selling magazine subscriptions.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by dropit_sphere » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 10:12 PM UTC

ithrow wrote: post #37

cammikebrown wrote: post #24

I’m a bartender. At least 75% of my friends have been laid off. Not just bartenders, but servers, bussers, most cooks, managers, and everyone I know who works in hotels as well.

Just curious, how does a bartender ends up staying reading HN?

At one point I was working construction during the day and working on a visual programming language at night.

Needless to say, I have little sympathy for those claiming a talent shortage.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by dillonmckay » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 10:15 PM UTC

McPhale wrote: post #28

Half my team just got put on a 30-day minimum furlough (myself included). The other half has been reduced to working one week on and one week off. The car rental business is not in a good place right now.

It is an ‘Essential Service’.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by mrfusion » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 10:16 PM UTC

cammikebrown wrote: post #62

ithrow wrote: post #37

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Just curious, how does a bartender ends up staying reading HN?

I have a physics degree. It turns out a bachelor’s degree doesn’t help much, and I was too burnt out at the time to go to grad school. I took a few introductory programming classes and I’ve been trying to get back into it lately. Try talking to a bartender sometime, you may find out they’re not as dumb as rocks.

How’s the pay? What’s the process for becoming a bar tender? I always thought it might be a fun job when I retire.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by kubanczyk » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 10:18 PM UTC

nostromo wrote: post #41

I found this list on Reddit if you're looking for a full list of companies that are laying employees off, pausing hiring, or still hiring: https://airtable.com/shrpj2r4Kjc4YoMu4/tbl8m95GiuWehnIiT?blo...

Wow, much bigger than I expected.

Re: Ask HN: Who has been laid off?

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Post by disgruntledphd2 » Fri, Apr 03, 2020, 10:19 PM UTC

m15i wrote: post #107

cammikebrown wrote: post #64

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I’ve been trying out various EdX classes on data science. Any suggestions?

Consider the free PDF of Chollet's "Deep Learning with Python" and/or www.fast.ai

Noooooooooo....

I don't really have anything against Chollets book, but introduction to statistical learning is an absolutely fantastic introduction to the modelling part of data science.

Start there to get better intuitions, then practice practice practice.

It helps if you try to get data to answer your own questions, as there's a lot more motivation in doing that rather than Iris or MNIST.