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Apple's director of machine learning resigns due to return to office work

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Re: Apple's director of machine learning resigns due to return to office work

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Post by ethbr0 »

temp8964 wrote: post #162
Austin_Conlon wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In a talk Craig Federighi gave, he said some of his most inventive work was done remotely with his NeXT Cube in a cabin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43sjym5ZS68&t=677s .

This sounds great. Maybe Apple thinks it can find someone else can do the same job in office. Also they can't just make exceptions for "talented" people, I guess.

No, Apple has a proud tradition of firing talented people, running the company into the ground, then rehiring the same people via acquisition.

Re: Apple's director of machine learning resigns due to return to office work

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Post by kadoban »

csande17 wrote: post #179
JW_00000 wrote: post #154

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Open question (I'm not American, so I don't get the full context): would you lose that bargaining power if a union was created at your workplace?

Say, for sake of argument, that I'm the World's Greatest Widget Engineer. I'm worth more than the average employee at my company, so I can get stuff I want by negotiating individually with my employer. On the other hand, if a union imposes some broad agreement on the company under threat of strikes, I can't convince my company to break that agreement on my own because I'm not more valuable than the entire rest of the…

> A union's interests are probably not completely aligned with mine

Sure, but the company's interests are almost completely opposed to yours in most ways. It's _possible_ for you to be worse off in a union, but rare.

Re: Apple's director of machine learning resigns due to return to office work

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Post by [deleted] »

zasdffaa wrote: post #64
thr0wawayf00 wrote: post #38

Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the on…

I'm one of those misfits/troublemakers/etc. I've done my life mostly on my terms, and I've had it really tough. Conformists generally get it much easier. I'm all for more independent thought and fuck-you-ness but never forget that for most people that comes at a high price, so take off the rose-tinted specs.

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Re: Apple's director of machine learning resigns due to return to office work

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Post by wintermutestwin »

bradhe wrote: post #165

This actually seems a bit crazy to me. You're one of the most important figures leading the charge on cutting edge technology at _the_ industry leader...and you resign because they ask you to come to the office.

>the most important figures leading the charge on cutting edge technology

If he is indeed that important, just think how much his wasted time commuting to the office is worth and what it costs the field.

Re: Apple's director of machine learning resigns due to return to office work

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Post by mmmpop »

csande17 wrote: post #179
JW_00000 wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Open question (I'm not American, so I don't get the full context): would you lose that bargaining power if a union was created at your workplace?

Say, for sake of argument, that I'm the World's Greatest Widget Engineer. I'm worth more than the average employee at my company, so I can get stuff I want by negotiating individually with my employer. On the other hand, if a union imposes some broad agreement on the company under threat of strikes, I can't convince my company to break that agreement on my own because I'm not more valuable than the entire rest of the…

That makes you management buddy, so saddle up and don't forget your helmet.

Re: Apple's director of machine learning resigns due to return to office work

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Post by daenz »

yeahwhatever10 wrote: post #159
daenz wrote: post #48

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It must be difficult to repeat the success of a once-in-a-lifetime finding.

You think GANs are once in a lifetime?

Given its impact on ML, for a single person to discover, yes.

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Post by Mezzie »

ytdytvhxgydvhh wrote: post #69
zmgsabst wrote: post #51

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I feel the same. I like working from an office and I like informal interactions with colleagues — from chatting over coffee to peeking around and seeing who is free to whiteboard a problem.

Same here. Except I also hate wasting time on commuting, not having the flexibility to take care of a home-related task in the middle of the day, etc. So the experiment to find a balance has begun…

Living within walking distance allows it but it's hard to swing.

Re: Apple's director of machine learning resigns due to return to office work

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Post by paulcole »

atty wrote: post #194

I get people who want to work from home. I get people who want to work from the office. I get people who want to do hybrid. The one group of people I don’t get are the ones who suggest people should be forced to work from the office, and not able to decide for themselves. (Obviously it depends on the role - if you’re doing hardware design you need to go in sometimes, of course.) I see some people in the macrumors com…

>The one group of people I don’t get are the ones who suggest people should be forced to work from the office, and not able to decide for themselves

1. Is anyone suggesting this? Or do you mean “ones” as in companies mandating a return-to-office?

2. I mean isn’t that what work is? Being told what to do by somebody else in exchange for money and deciding if you’re going to do it or not?

3. Personally, I don’t get the people on here who pop off with “remote work is just a no-brained for everyone.”

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