With the lastest news of AI layoffs, I’m struggling to understand how the idea of a career still holds. If careers themselves effectively become gambles like lottery tickets, how do we maintain drive and hopes in the longterm endgame of our struggles?...
The thing is; now it doesn’t matter if your job has been done properly by AI or not, what matters is that it’s just cheaper. And when all companies jump on this bandwagon of enshittification for profit it becomes the standard. This already happened with customer support. It’s nearly impossible to get a human when you call for support. All customers hate it, make their life harder. But still all companies do it and with no alternative you just have to accept it. From what I see, the adoption to AI happens in two ways: either you want to make your human driven processes better by utilizing AI or for cheaper with AI but with ‘passable’ quality. And it looks like companies are mostly in the second camp. So I don’t think besides some exceptional cases and industries the quality of work will be a determining factor.
I predict that “career” as we know it today will disappear shortly. We will have to change careers every 5 to 10 years. Depending on where the wind is blowing from and if there will be any vacant jobs. Being an expert in a field will not have much of a value as that expertise will be stolen by AI during one’s employment anyway. What can be helpful in this dystopia waiting for us would be analytic problem solving skills, creativity, constant learning and curiosity. But no matter what, we will all end up with minimum wage.
Exactly this. Also it used to be that you would buy a subscription and that would increase the rate and quality of your matches. That’s no longer the case. Now it’s all transaction based. You have to pay for boosts, special swipes and shit to be seen.
I have the opportunity to maybe get a job as a software developer at a small software company that employs 14 people. But my gut is telling me that getting a job at a small company like that might he terrible. Do you guys have any experiences working at companies that small?...
That “micromanaging CEO” can also happen in big companies as your skip-manager doing that. So, being in a big company isn’t a safe bet against it.
I would say there are more pros than cons in working for a small company. Especially if you’re at the beginning of your career.
What you should make absolutely clear is that what you’ll be working on i.e. products & technologies.
Pros:
You may learn a lot of things. Not only on the tech side but also about how to deal with people, how a project is managed, how business is translated into tech.
It’s easier to be seen and heard. You see a problem with a business initiative, you can convince the managers and change it to avoid a certain disaster. Your achievements will be recognized more.
Less bureaucracy. Big companies move very slowly. Also with your career development. You will have to jump through many many loops to just get a pay raise as much as the inflation. In small companies salary adjustments and promotions are much faster.
You may rise up quite fast. With the allure of big companies stealing talent from small companies there may be many opportunities to grow into different roles in the company.
Small companies need to retain their employees more than the big companies. It’s an expensive and time consuming process to hire. So a smart small company will try their best to retain its employees. If the financials of that company are good it means you will have better job security.
Less playing politics. In big companies there are a lot of times you have to play politics against other teams to get something done. That’s tedious and time consuming. You may see the work you spent so much time on to be “postponed” to another quarter just because some other team “wasn’t ready yet”.
In big companies there are a LOT of legacy, badly written, big riddled, failing code present. Most likely you will have to maintain code like that alongside new code. In small companies it’s less likely to encounter very bad legacy stuff.
Cons:
If there’s a micromanaging CEO (especially without tech experience) this may drive you crazy. The same applies for an incompetent direct manager.
It may be unbearable if you don’t “vibe” with the people. Especially if they are rude or insulting. In big companies how people shall interact with each other is defined and enforced. May not be the case in a small company.
The salary may be lower than what you’ll get in a big company. But if you’re early in your career that shouldn’t be the most important point.
After 2 - 3 years most likely you’ll learn everything in the company and it won’t feel challenging. Then you’ll need to change jobs as the things you can learn at a small company are limited to what they are using anyway.
There will be a lot of focus shifts and last minute changes. Things will (almost) never go according to the plan. What you have been working on may be shelved due to changes in business requirements.
Related to the previous point you may need to work overtime.
The 51-year-old man had smuggled his work into the display at Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne “in the hope of achieving his artistic breakthrough”, the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reported, citing police sources.
Suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran’s embassy in Syria on Monday, a marked escalation in a war pitting Israel against its regional adversaries, and Tehran said the strike killed seven military advisers including three senior commanders....
Israel is trying to create another six-day war. That’s why they are trying to escalate it to neighboring countries. It’s all a part of the Zionist land grab strategy. The current weakened state of Russia gives them an opportunity. Iran and Syria used to have a lot of military support from Russia. That may also be a reason for so much Israel receiving so much backing from the US.
I don’t see any rejection of UBI mentioned in this article. Also the article mentions it as the report was about the possible effects of AI and not about how to deal with the aftermath.
I think from her part it was more about planting the seeds of a censorship tool than pleasing economic powers. Right-wing scum always attack freedom of speech first.
Awesome stickers with very good custom sticker support.
You can use a nickname to chat, you don’t need to share your GSM number with anyone which was an incredibly stupid idea in the first place. On that account , better privacy than Signal or ShitsApp.
You can use simultaneously on multiple web AND mobile devices.
You don’t lose your chat history when you login from another mobile device like in ShitsApp.
Stores your media server-side. So you always have your full chat with all the media in it. Of course this requires care about what you share with other.
Forwarding messages between chats has a lot of flexibility.
Message editing. Which ShitsApp finally copied. 🤣
Constantly improved. They are always adding more features.
As if there wasn’t enough hatred towards USA from the Middle East, these actions are showing seeds of hatred towards USA for generations to come. Which can be easily radicalized in the future.
Don’t sell yourself short, you’re doing fine. It looks pretty good and generally organized. You just need some more storage (drawers, shelves or a wardrobe).
Exactly. The entertainment value of it is very similar to the early MTV. When you find the right creators for you it’s very rewarding.
And on top of that for me YouTube’s music recommendations are always spot on. Sometimes it insists that I check a music video on the landing page. Every time showing me the same thing. And most of the times it turns out to be a very good discovery. So it’s a very good medium to discover new music. Funny enough, YouTube Music’s recommendations are always sub-par.
In our post-AI era, is job security strictly mythical? Or How to believe in careers as a concept worth doing?
With the lastest news of AI layoffs, I’m struggling to understand how the idea of a career still holds. If careers themselves effectively become gambles like lottery tickets, how do we maintain drive and hopes in the longterm endgame of our struggles?...
Dating apps are as if someone turned the job application experience into a pastime activity
The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat (www.theverge.com)
Pros and cons of getting a job at a very small software company? (14 employees)
I have the opportunity to maybe get a job as a software developer at a small software company that employs 14 people. But my gut is telling me that getting a job at a small company like that might he terrible. Do you guys have any experiences working at companies that small?...
German art museum fires worker for hanging his own painting in gallery (www.theguardian.com)
The 51-year-old man had smuggled his work into the display at Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne “in the hope of achieving his artistic breakthrough”, the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reported, citing police sources.
Biden administration set to greenlight $18 billion sale of F-15 fighter jets to Israel (edition.cnn.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/14095378...
Israel bombs Iran's embassy in Syria, kills commanders says Iran (www.reuters.com)
Suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran’s embassy in Syria on Monday, a marked escalation in a war pitting Israel against its regional adversaries, and Tehran said the strike killed seven military advisers including three senior commanders....
A left-leaning think tank allied to Britain's soon-to-be Labour government has published a report that gives clues about future responses to automation and rejects UBI. (www.theguardian.com)
Dell finding ways to absolutely suck as an employer (arstechnica.com)
Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson the Movie the Game! (i.imgur.com)
Context: …yahoo.com/mike-tyson-fight-jake-paul-in-boxing-m…
Apple ends block on EU app store for Fortnite-maker Epic (www.france24.com)
Ubicloud wants to build an open source alternative to AWS | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Ubicloud aims to provide an open source alternative to AWS by offering core cloud computing services on affordable bare-metal servers....
Italy’s ‘Piracy Shield’ Creating Real Problems As VPNs Start Turning Away Italian Users
it is so dystopian…
Telegram announces to share its 50% ad-revenue with channel owners. (graph.org)
Alternative link: telegra.ph/Telegram-announces-to-share-its-50-ad-…
Israeli forces kill, wound Palestinians waiting for food aid in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
Hackers Leak 2.5M Private Plane Owners’ Data Linked to LA Intl. Airport Breach (www.hackread.com)
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Youtube is the new MTV.
two party system is a scam (lemmy.ca)
Yahoo lays off the leaders of Engadget (www.theverge.com)
Arabs put to vote a UN resolution demanding an immediate Gaza cease-fire, knowing US will veto it (apnews.com)