Gotta say I really think #microsoft, #google, and #meta have made a terrible #strategic #miscalculation with their sweeping #layoffs.
They’ve pushed out people in areas of their companies who have deep knowledge about #competitive #vulnerabilities (think: products, not security…) and deep biz/ops experience.
There are going to be a lot of new startups out for blood, going after the juiciest parts of these businesses. You can practically hear ppl sharpening their claws at this very moment…
@Dhmspector that’s the way it’s supposed to work. That’s healthy.
The parasitic outcome will be that they’ll be cradle smothered on the way out or acquired off the competitive field. Still a nice payday for some.
@sgharms agreed. Though… in past large tech layoffs — like after the 2008 crash — we didn’t have GitHub, AWS, semi-ubiquitous GBit broadband, and the vast array of open source software these very collections of people helped create that groups of them will surely now use to create planetary-scale-ready infrastructure in a matter of hours/days that can compete with Google, Meta, and the others.
It should be interesting to see what comes next…
@sgharms then there’s the spite factor: the hoi polloi have been getting very up in the face of tech management about RTO, unionization, and other workplace issues in 2021/22.
Lots of interesting commentary today how these layoffs smack of an “empire strikes back” move to remind tech workers they’re replaceable and stock buybacks are more important than their contributions.
Hopefully, we’ll see about that…
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