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Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams

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Re: Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams

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Post by jerlam »

foogazi wrote: post #77
1vuio0pswjnm7 wrote: post #66

Google is no longer on Glassdoor's best places to work list. Best Places to Work 2023: 1. Gainsight 2. Box 3. Bain & Company 4. McKinsey & Company 5. NVIDIA 6. MathWorks 7. Boston Consulting Group 8. Google 9. ServiceNow 10. In-N-Out Burger Best Places to Work 2024: 1. Bain & Company 2. NVIDIA 3. ServiceNow NOW 4. MathWorks 5. Procore Technologies 6. In-N-Out Burger 7. VMware VMW 8. Deltek 9. 2020 Companies 10. Fidel…

What do we do with this info? Is In-N-Out hiring SWEs ?

Not FANG salaries, but managers at In-N-Out are being paid a tidy sum. Here it lists 160K in California:

https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/managers-at-in-n-out-burg...

As an employee, if I'm compensated well and have a career progression path, I would be content - I don't have to be an SWE.

Re: Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams

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Post by jzombie »

BlackjackCF wrote: post #100
jzombie wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No. I just talk to it, like I am talking here, and if I don't get the answer I want, I tell it so.

Interesting. Do you still find yourself using search at all to verify answers? I’ve found it useful for getting the general gist of something, but anything that requires something beyond the surface - I always end up having to verify because it’s usually wrong.

I usually use it for a lot of programming-related tasks in languages or stacks I may be less familiar with, so my verification process is usually just me checking the code or getting test cases to pass.

Re: Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams

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Post by frenchie4111 »

gandalfgreybeer wrote: post #79
jzombie wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep. I personally use ChatGPT far more than Google search these days.

I’ve started to do this more often recently as well. Do you employ any specific approach for prompting to get what you want more consistently?

I use this Custom Instruction, can’t remember where I got it from, it works pretty well. Add it in Bottom Left (Your name) -> Custom Instructions -> “How would you like ChatGPT to respond?”

    Be terse. Do not offer unprompted advice or clarifications. Speak in specific, topic relevant terminology. Do NOT hedge or qualify. Do not waffle. Speak directly and be willing to make creative guesses. Explain your reasoning. if you don’t know, say you don’t know. Remain neutral on all topics. Be willing to reference less reputable sources for ideas. Never apologize. Ask questions when unsure.

Re: Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams

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Post by jzombie »

frenchie4111 wrote: post #103
gandalfgreybeer wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’ve started to do this more often recently as well. Do you employ any specific approach for prompting to get what you want more consistently?

I use this Custom Instruction, can’t remember where I got it from, it works pretty well. Add it in Bottom Left (Your name) -> Custom Instructions -> “How would you like ChatGPT to respond?” Be terse. Do not offer unprompted advice or clarifications. Speak in specific, topic relevant terminology. Do NOT hedge or qualify. Do not waffle. Speak directly and be willing to make creative guesses. Explain your reasoning. if…

"Never apologize" is good. That is probably the one thing that bugs me most about it.

Re: Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams

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Post by frenchie4111 »

jzombie wrote: post #104
frenchie4111 wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use this Custom Instruction, can’t remember where I got it from, it works pretty well. Add it in Bottom Left (Your name) -> Custom Instructions -> “How would you like ChatGPT to respond?” Be terse. Do not offer unprompted advice or clarifications. Speak in specific, topic relevant terminology. Do NOT hedge or qualify. Do not waffle. Speak directly and be willing to make creative guesses. Explain your reasoning. if…

"Never apologize" is good. That is probably the one thing that bugs me most about it.

Sorry about that

Re: Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams

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Post by tensility »

ulfw wrote: post #82
1vuio0pswjnm7 wrote: post #66

Google is no longer on Glassdoor's best places to work list. Best Places to Work 2023: 1. Gainsight 2. Box 3. Bain & Company 4. McKinsey & Company 5. NVIDIA 6. MathWorks 7. Boston Consulting Group 8. Google 9. ServiceNow 10. In-N-Out Burger Best Places to Work 2024: 1. Bain & Company 2. NVIDIA 3. ServiceNow NOW 4. MathWorks 5. Procore Technologies 6. In-N-Out Burger 7. VMware VMW 8. Deltek 9. 2020 Companies 10. Fidel…

It doesn't deserve to be on it.

It apparently does more so than Google.

Re: Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams

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Post by operatingthetan »

crossroadsguy wrote: post #99
1vuio0pswjnm7 wrote: post #66

Google is no longer on Glassdoor's best places to work list. Best Places to Work 2023: 1. Gainsight 2. Box 3. Bain & Company 4. McKinsey & Company 5. NVIDIA 6. MathWorks 7. Boston Consulting Group 8. Google 9. ServiceNow 10. In-N-Out Burger Best Places to Work 2024: 1. Bain & Company 2. NVIDIA 3. ServiceNow NOW 4. MathWorks 5. Procore Technologies 6. In-N-Out Burger 7. VMware VMW 8. Deltek 9. 2020 Companies 10. Fidel…

3. Bain & Company 4. McKinsey & Company 7. Boston Consulting Group Are these really best places to work at? I have met many people from these places and I have been told that there is no on-call at these places. Because you are always expected to be working without exception. Always! And often you are actually always working - always as in morning, day, evening, night kinda. Is that true?

>And often you are actually always working - always as in morning, day, evening, night kinda.

Not normally, but sometimes in an emergency.

Re: Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams

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Post by ronaldwood »

bryanrasmussen wrote: post #8
pokstad wrote: post #4

It’s amazing how much the industry leaders just copy each other. Google didn’t throw the towel in until Amazon did first.

If one of google's working theories is they should hire people to keep them away from other organizations then it makes sense they don't fire until they see their competitors start.

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