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Re: Atlassian to shed 5 per cent of workers

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Post by jefc1111 »

thr717272 wrote: post #166
jefc1111 wrote: post #157

Oh no, probably even less chance now that this 22 year old ticket will be attended to. https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-1001 sadface

Or even just an option to turn of the default "spam everyone who ever touched this page whenever anyone touches it".

Yeah. I think it can be done. But you've got to jump through hoops sometimes for sure. This kind of crap https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Need-help-...

"Ideally, you've used the same notification scheme for all projects and can just go in and find the notification to take yourself out of. If not, you'll have to check every notification scheme."

shivers with fear

Re: Atlassian to shed 5 per cent of workers

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Post by thr717272 »

martin_a wrote: post #129
noughtme wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you not notice the explosion in bootcamps and online programs? Not to mention the huge expansion of existing CS programs. Tens of thousands joined the industry.

Next week I've got a call with an applicant to an open position in our company. He did one of those bootcamps, too, that's all he got as experience. I'm really curious how that will turn out...

Have recently worked with a bootcamped guy (although I should admit he had an engineer degree first) but my impression of that boot camp program at least is very good:

They had worked on some serious case studies with real version control, real databases, real bugs and he basically came ready to solve real life problems.

Re: Atlassian to shed 5 per cent of workers

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Post by yamtaddle »

killjoywashere wrote: post #142
re-thc wrote: post #107

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It's hard to tell. How does someone truly know if the estimates are honest? It's more like the manager "assumes" it's right and fine.

The manager does not assume. OKRs are made or not. The delta is measured. Repeat.

You use an estimate to figure out if another estimate was accurate?

Re: Atlassian to shed 5 per cent of workers

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Post by pxc »

philliphaydon wrote: post #128
ejb999 wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I actually find postman quite useful for the work I do (heavily api-related) - if you work in that space, what other tools would you recommend instead?

I use insomnia after the stunt postman pulled with pricing.

Insomnia seems like a good replacement for web devs who don't want to rely on proprietary tools as part of their core workflow, as well.

I like HTTPie and HTTPie/http-prompt, too, although I wish they had more secure storage for cookies.

Re: Atlassian to shed 5 per cent of workers

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Post by cupachabra »

twblalock wrote: post #16
PheonixPharts wrote: post #13

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I find it funny that every layoff announcement has a similar comment at the top, as though this were an isolated incident, rather than a fundamental shake up in the industry. This isn't even the only layoff article on the front page of HN right now. I think it's fair to say that virtually every company right now has been "a bit over bloated for awhile". Even as someone that foresaw pretty much what we're seeing now r…

Most companies overhired and would have been punished if they didn't. Now they will be punished if they don't shrink. Public companies have to follow the market or their shareholders will slap them down. The real villain is the Federal Reserve, because their policies created a bubble. We should also keep in mind that quite a lot of the people who are being laid off never would have had jobs if it wasn't for the massi…

It's a shame that many companies could have benefited from utilizing these talented employees more effectively, rather than overhiring.

Re: Atlassian to shed 5 per cent of workers

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Post by siva7 »

bydlocoder wrote: post #18
PheonixPharts wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find it funny that every layoff announcement has a similar comment at the top, as though this were an isolated incident, rather than a fundamental shake up in the industry. This isn't even the only layoff article on the front page of HN right now. I think it's fair to say that virtually every company right now has been "a bit over bloated for awhile". Even as someone that foresaw pretty much what we're seeing now r…

It will be a blood bath. Postman "Labs", a company that produces a glorified cURL UI and some incoherent most likely useless tools around it received $433M investment at valuation of $2B and apparently has hundreds of employees. Current state of tech is not sustainable.

Their focus group seem to be rather big enterprises, not indie devs/small teams like with insomnia so it's not surprising.

Re: Atlassian to shed 5 per cent of workers

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Post by [deleted] »

esperent wrote: post #86
climb_stealth wrote: post #82

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I wonder if self-hosting is the performance difference. I have worked in projects with 15 years of history in Jira. And they were fine. It feels kind of slow but in reality it takes maybe three seconds to load any ticket. But actual minutes to load stuff? That is insane and I can see where the loathing would come from.

> But actual minutes to load stuff? That is insane and I can see where the loathing would come from. It's also a comment from a random internet person who has an axe to grind and no data to back it up. So take it with a grain of salt. It's amazing how a ten second load time can turn into several minutes when it's software you dislike and you're telling people about it later. ...not saying previous commenter is wrong…

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Re: Atlassian to shed 5 per cent of workers

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Post by ben7799 »

ejb999 wrote: post #117
systematical wrote: post #55

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postman, another shit product.

I actually find postman quite useful for the work I do (heavily api-related) - if you work in that space, what other tools would you recommend instead?

I use Postman all the time for work and it is definitely useful.

But it seems to be getting worse not better as they tack on more features and make it more complicated.

It seems like it's been years since they added anything I need and instead it has just gotten harder to use due to extra fluff. And it's buggier than it's ever been.

Re: Atlassian to shed 5 per cent of workers

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Post by 908B64B197 »

Jedd wrote: post #67

Six months ago they announced plans to grow their headcount in India by 1500 before end-2024. Their worldwide headcount growth since 2019 [0] does feel, in retrospect at least, untenable - year on year - 3600, 4900, 6400, 8800. Arguably this fits into the same 'correction' category as other big players in recent months. Reading the potted history [1] of acquisitions / sell-offs is a trip down memory lane. It feels li…

> Six months ago they announced plans to grow their headcount in India by 1500 before end-2024.

I know a lot of people moving away from Atlassian because of performance issue. Not sure how this will reverse the trend.

Re: Atlassian to shed 5 per cent of workers

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Post by mailinator-195 »

metaphor wrote: post #109

Probably not a good image that Scott[1] and Mike[2] (via their respective trusts) have been quite busy liquidating 1,076,750 shares each into the public at a rate of 8,614 shares per trading day since the beginning of October last year...all the while laying off 5% of their workforce. Something about leaders eating last comes to mind... [1] https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=0001666121 [2] https://www.sec.gov/edga…

this is actually due to Rule 10b5-1 where execs can have a pre-planned schedule to have transactions get executed. this way they're not doing any insider trading since it's predefined months in advance. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/rule-10b5-1.asp
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