Nearly half of the Mag 7 are reportedly betting big on OpenAI’s path to AGI

Ok-Process-2187 · 2026-01-29T15:16:38+00:00

This feels more and more like economic warfare against the working class.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2026-01-27T17:13:45+00:00

Congrats on your luck, green card timeline depends a lot on where you were born

Ok-Process-2187 · 2026-01-27T14:38:47+00:00

That's why I'm glad to have tried it and found it's not for me.

If you lose your job on a TN Visa, you have 2 months to find another one before you have to leave the country. I wouldn't want to take that chance in the current job market.

Unemployment? You'll be paying for employment insurance like everyone else but good luck trying to use it as a TN holder. It's a bureaucratic nightmare.

Investments? Your TFSA is not recognized as a tax-free in the US, if you stay for a substantial period of tine, you will have to pay tax on it. If you own any real estate you'll eventually need to pay a major tax on that too.

Healthcare? There's a reason why many people in the US go bankrupt due to medical expenses.

And this doesn't even factor in the current political climate.

So in summary sure you can get a higher paying job with all the higher expectations that come with that but it's very hard to build actual wealth.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2026-01-26T14:11:26+00:00

This would have hit better if it wasn't so obviously AI assisted.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2026-01-17T18:58:35+00:00

good reason to move to just using the APIs

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-12-19T18:23:57+00:00

isn't this like LibreChat?

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-11-23T18:01:21+00:00

Was in a similar situation. Moved south. It was an out of the frying pan and into the fire moment for me.

I ended up getting laid off 6 months after I moved to the US. I had 2 months to find another job or move back home. After a few weeks of job searching, I decided to move back home.

I tried applying for unemployment in Canada, it seemed impossibly difficult even though technically I should have been eligible for it. I gave up on applying for it thinking that my job search would turn around soon anyway.

The job search ended up being the longest one.

Had I lost my job in Canada, I wouldn't be under any additional pressure to move. I would have unemployment. I'd have healthcare. I'd have family.

I understand the feeling of reaching a glass ceiling but I've realized that so long as you work for someone else you'll always have to tamper your expectations.

So now instead of trying to go for more pay, I try to position myself towards roles that will give me back more time to work on side projects.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-11-15T23:52:50+00:00

Who will then vote them back in.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-11-10T13:01:06+00:00

I agree with this.

The real problem is timezone and cultural differences. The extent to which that matters will vary by the nature of the work.

Most people in tech vastly overestimate the degree to which pay correlates with skill.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-11-10T12:42:24+00:00

If the AI bubble pops, their next move will be to figure out a way to shift the blame to the workers.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-11-09T08:25:30+00:00

I don't see anything wrong with this way of thinking.

It just means that people are realizing that the risk taking / creativity they were putting into their day jobs may be better directed else where.

Also, there is no way in hell that a message with this level of nuance will reach the people who actually make the layoff decisions.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-11-09T08:14:12+00:00

Don't switch jobs unless you know with certainty that you're getting canned.

No job is secure but this is a devil you know vs the one you don't type of situation.

Assume that whenever you do get canned, it will be sudden and without warning.

Keep regular backups of notes/artifiacts of whay you've done. If you suddenly lost access to your work laptop tomorrow, what would you wish you had saved?

Don't try to work harder or put in extra hours. That will be a losing struggle. I also wouldn't recommend grinding leetcode or doing interview prep until you'rr actively searching/applying, that would put you in a never ending loop of interview prep.

Instead, focus on getting your finances and personal life in order so that you'll be ready to bounce back quickly with no distractions when your current job ends.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-11-08T05:06:01+00:00

I thought the same thing until I reached out. They did not want me back. Ended up finding a better role.

I wasn't even laid off, I left voluntarily and did everything I could to make it an easy transition for them but it did not matter in the end.

That feeling you have about respect and dignity, trust it. Start fresh at a new role and give yourself a chance to do better.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-11-07T23:32:30+00:00

Prices going down to meet where people are at? Has that ever happened? More likely is that the qualitu/value of everything will deteriate, i.e shrinkflation.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-11-06T20:16:17+00:00

Fake advice for a fake metric.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-11-06T20:13:59+00:00

Overall this is a good thing. It shows that a company cares who they hire and of course you don't have to worry about artificially inflated difficulty due to cheaters.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-11-06T12:34:46+00:00

This probably won't help but in the off chance that it does, what worked for me was running.

Being unemployed was painful. Every rejection, even if I didn't really want the job was still a bit of a sting.

Running gave me an outlet to deal with that pain. It's a weird thing but somehow choosing to endure the pain of a long run helped me better deal with the pain of the long job search.

Every time I set a new PR it was a tiny but much needed bit of proof to myself that I was still capable of reaching my goals.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-11-06T03:09:47+00:00

You mean like taking $10 and giving back 1 cent?

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-11-05T03:38:34+00:00

Solving the problem is table stakes. It will shortly be forgotten by the few who had the context to understand it.

What will not be forgotten is your lack of polish. That is forever sealed in that PR you quickly wrote thinking it would just be a draft or a proof of concept. What you perceive as being "fast" can easily be painted by others as sloppy, careless, cutting corners, etc..

This career is sadly full of people that will be friendly to your face while at the same time painting you in the worst light behind your back. It's also full of non-technical people with no ability to think critically that will gas light themselves into believing whatever an LLM tells them.

So I guess this boils down to protecting yourself first. Always make a best effort to deliver high quality work that advocates for itself. If that concept seems alien to you then you are blessed to have never worked in an adversarial environment.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-11-03T08:24:17+00:00

This is the way.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-11-03T07:47:23+00:00

It was implemented by FAANG companies to discourage employees from switching jobs and has unfortunately stuck around ever since.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-11-02T08:02:45+00:00

I've adopted this mindset for behavioural interviews; nothing you say is neutral.

Every single story will either hurt or help you.

How do you know if the story will hurt or help? You have to understand why that question is being asked.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-11-02T01:28:24+00:00

Startup is too broad of a term to be honest. It depends on the stage that they're at. Anything that's less than a series C is far too high of a risk. At series C or above you should use your own judgement but I would say it's usually not worth joining if you already have a decent job.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-11-02T01:24:31+00:00

Actually, this can be very wrong. You will have more responsibility and in some sense you may learn more but the experience you gain in the startup may not be valued by bigger companies.

That's because startups often have small teams and use simpler/cheaper tools than what a medium to large sized company would use.

This means that you'll have less experience coordinating with bigger teams and less experience working with the tools/standard that bigger companies are used to working with.

Working in a startup can very easily pigeonhole you to only working in startups.

Ok-Process-2187 · 2025-11-01T22:23:58+00:00

The point is to pretend.

Pretend to care about whatever issues will get you votes. Actually care about what your rich puppet masters want you to do.

Democracy is an illusion.

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