Many are going to start their own startups and the seeds for the next Cambrian explosion are being cast today, just as they were in 2001–2003 or 2008. That said not all Big Tech employees can deal with the hustle required at a startup.
Startups Are Scooping Up Big Tech’s Cast-Off Workers
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#22If you're a startup that can pay my salary you must have fired me already.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
I mean, I do agree, but isn't this what journalism is? Reporting on the facts? It's a thing that's happening, ergo it's news. If there's a shooting and shootings have happened before, is that not still news? It happened after all. It's got to be better than just ignoring things because it's status quo.
this might have been news is like, 2009, but it's certainly not a new trend worth reporting.
I think it is notable if it’s happening in bulk. Now, it’s not a new phenomenon; it has happened before with major waves of tech layoffs. But not often enough that it should be treated as a law of nature.
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#24Cue some until-now-insulated Big Tech workers getting a huge dose of culture shock when they see how work is done somewhere without their own money printer.
Most people who work in ‘big tech’ have previously worked elsewhere.
Having worked both in small (<100 people and sometimes <10 people) startups and now in Big Tech(TM), it’s not necessarily clear to me that one’s better than the other. They’re different, but working in a startup is not clearly _worse_.
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#25uh ya no shit. start-ups froth over having devs with experience at big tech co's so they can throw the logos on their decks. thank the lord the WSJ is performing society-driving journalism like this.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
I mean, I do agree, but isn't this what journalism is? Reporting on the facts? It's a thing that's happening, ergo it's news. If there's a shooting and shootings have happened before, is that not still news? It happened after all. It's got to be better than just ignoring things because it's status quo.
this might have been news is like, 2009, but it's certainly not a new trend worth reporting.
No point in reporting on inflation — it’s happened before.
No point in reporting on war — it’s happened before.
No point in reporting on a corrupt or lying politician — it’s happened before.
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#27As they should. When big tech lays off staff and principal level engineers it’s at their loss. Let’s see what these new empowered startups can do!
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#28Cue some until-now-insulated Big Tech workers getting a huge dose of culture shock when they see how work is done somewhere without their own money printer.
Most people who work in ‘big tech’ have previously worked elsewhere. Having worked both in small (<100 people and sometimes <10 people) startups and now in Big Tech(TM), it’s not necessarily clear to me that one’s better than the other. They’re different, but working in a startup is not clearly _worse_.
Personally i find startups better to work at. Instead of being a cog in a machine that takes years to “approve” what’s actually needed for the task at hand or having some inexperienced “cio” worker dictating what os or kit you can use you actually get to play with modern tech and do fun things. Even as a manager it’s more fun.
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#29American engineers are lucky to earn enough to be able to save up and do stuff like this, like on $200k you can save enough to really try a start-up for a year or two.
Whereas in Europe we're lucky to get $80k in the same jobs, and then the state steals half of that :/
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#30Then move if you don't like a social government...
You do understand that USA rich people living of the life's of the poor?
No proper health care etc for people cleaning their flats or flipping their burgers...