Just wait till Microsoft starts charging a license for vs code and developers heads implode.
at that point I'd just use vim in a terminal
GitHub to lay off 10% and close all offices
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Re: GitHub to lay off 10% and close all offices
#182wild how so many companies are laying off 7-15% of their workforce in such quick succession
Will go back to hiring in a year or so, it's a cycle
most of them haven't even stopped hiring. pay close attention to the layoff announcements to see which ones also announce a hiring freeze - most of them haven't. and i've heard of a few people getting offers from companies that have done mass layoffs in recent months.
Re: GitHub to lay off 10% and close all offices
#183Earlier quoted context omitted.
I know I'm in the minority here, but I choose Teams over Slack any day. I much prefer thread-based chat than message based chat. Teams forces people to use top message as a topic, then respond to messages under that topic. Slack message is just a message. You want to search something on Teams, you get full threads, chat is part of documentation. You want to find something on Slack, you need to click on date of the re…
I'm quite confused because almost all conversation in my company's slack happens in threads. Maybe your impression of Slack was formed in a time when they didn't have threads?
I think they’re just saying that teams forces you into using a thread, and make a choice to create a new one if that’s what you want. In slack by default you’re writing a top level message (ie creating a new thread)
Re: GitHub to lay off 10% and close all offices
#184Just wait till Microsoft starts charging a license for vs code and developers heads implode.
Hold on that could actually happen? It's not officially open source or anything?
Re: GitHub to lay off 10% and close all offices
#185Earlier quoted context omitted.
Internal code name was Slack360
365? Also can’t tell if you’re serious or joking.
The joke is that MS brands its online services as "365", but they have enough outages for people to say things along the lines of "more like Microsoft 360, amiright?"
Re: GitHub to lay off 10% and close all offices
#186Fortune now confirming: https://fortune.com/2023/02/09/github-is-laying-off-10-of-st...
>i) Effective immediately, we will be moving laptop refreshes from three years to four years. ii) We will be moving to Microsoft Teams for the sole purpose of video conferencing, saving significant cost and simplifying cross-company and customer conversations Layoffs and having to use teams? Talk about a morale hit
That’s very weird pairing indeed. Some people are definitely going to hate Teams just because of the context it was presented in.
Re: GitHub to lay off 10% and close all offices
#187Re: GitHub to lay off 10% and close all offices
#188The worst part of this is that everyone at GitHub is now forced to use Microsoft Teams.
this is terrifying. for all the grief people give Slack, I've used both and I would seriously consider leaving a company that expected me to use Teams long term.
Can someone give me the TLDR on why they hate teams so much?
I suppose I work in an organization with few true "technical" folks, and everyone is under Microsoft licenses so it doesn't seem like that big of a deal.
I've used both slack and teams. What am I really missing out on here?
Re: GitHub to lay off 10% and close all offices
#189Didnt MS want everyone back in office? I'm confused? Or do github employees now only have access to MS offices?
This doesn't directly answer your question, but Microsoft is known for enforcing policies differently across its companies. For example, LinkedIn employees sharing an office and cafeteria with Microsoft employees don't have to pay for lunch when they badge in at the cashier, but Microsoft employees do pay.
> LinkedIn employees sharing an office and cafeteria with Microsoft employees don't have to pay for lunch when they badge in at the cashier, but Microsoft employees do pay.
Yikes...