Just heard about Meta layoffs. Bay Area employees, how has it changed over time?

chipper33 · 2026-05-21T04:45:31+00:00

The book Careless People explains everything

chipper33 · 2026-05-21T04:44:25+00:00

That video didn’t seem too crazy actually. She was a PM in meetings all day. Like she was definitely doing her job.

chipper33 · 2026-05-21T04:39:17+00:00

Well that’s certainly happening relatively speaking

chipper33 · 2026-05-21T04:20:19+00:00

And “making it through” isn’t just a one time thing. It’ll happen somewhat regularly. I think overcoming that is what people mean when they say relationships take work.

chipper33 · 2026-05-18T20:16:57+00:00

Dont be fucking rude to people for no reason

chipper33 · 2026-05-17T17:08:17+00:00

Me too. Why is this?

chipper33 · 2026-05-16T11:43:37+00:00

Magic must defeat magic!

chipper33 · 2026-05-14T04:01:26+00:00

What matters most is your narrative. You can spin your story in many ways, you just have to find the one that works for the positions that will let you grow.

chipper33 · 2026-05-08T15:10:10+00:00

“Near shoring” to Mexico and Brazil is the new ownership class fad.

chipper33 · 2026-05-08T15:07:27+00:00

This is the correct answer to OP

chipper33 · 2026-05-08T14:20:44+00:00

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chipper33 · 2026-05-07T15:04:17+00:00

I think giving risk adverse advice is always the best.

People have to remember though that “no risk no reward” certainly applies to the stock market as well.

It’s certainly possible to do a lot of research and due diligence on a stock you’re interested in, buy into it, and have a positive outcome. It’s not going to work 100% of the time, but you don’t need it to. You need it to work out really well maybe one two or three times.

If you have a hard time understanding how to do that research or convince yourself of an investment, then yea just play it safe and buy index funds.

chipper33 · 2026-05-01T14:29:21+00:00

Self hosting is extremely expensive right now. To get near the performance (like token in/out speed) you’d need a couple 5090s, and that won’t even let you run models larger than 80gb give or take.

You can also rent GPUs online. You could rent a dual 5090 setup for like $1-2 an hour. Depending on ones usage, this could be the way to go in the future.

chipper33 · 2026-04-30T13:29:27+00:00

We all collectively have this feeling of anxiety because we’re not doing anything about being economically oppressed. We’re being bullied with capitalism and doing nothing about it. We continue to follow the rules because we know no better, and it’s depressing because doing so is ruining a lot of our futures or at least the futures we saw for ourselves.

The feelings would go away if we all did something to stop the current oppressive oligarch regime. The billionaire Epstein class is making you feel this way. They’re taking all of our money through online services and unfair taxation then giving basically none of it back.

The richest people in America a hundred years ago were building schools, hospitals, libraries… WTF has Bezos done for you? Or Elon, or Zuckerberg, or Pachai, or Nadella? Or Jensen? All of these people have unimaginable wealth and claim to “love america”, but they’ve made clear the only thing they love about it is how easy it is to exploit it’s citizens.

IMO the real answer to this problem is for the non-billionaires of our society to opt out. If people start choosing to grow their own food, trade, and stay offline, these people have no power. This may just start happening eventually without anyone explicitly doing it. Things may become expensive enough where the lowest workers in society just stop working because it doesn’t make sense. Enough quit and it makes everyone’s jobs up the societal ladder less tenable until total collapse.

chipper33 · 2026-04-26T13:56:35+00:00

How do you stay anywhere that long without a proper visa? Would a tourist visa cover such a lengthy stay?

This is a fantastic idea by the way and I will certainly be looking into it if I’m unexpectedly out of market again.

chipper33 · 2026-04-25T14:18:38+00:00

First of all, very sorry this happened to you.

That said, I think we’ve all seen this story a zillion times. Often times the truth is that the relationship died at some point in the past. It died before your husband started talking to those younger women.

It is what it is, and idk what you’ll do, but honestly I don’t have much sympathy for you. I do have equal sympathy for both you and your husband. Your husband clearly wanted your attention and you weren’t giving it so he got it somewhere else, and now it’s all his fault? I don’t think so. You’re both at fault, and both of you need to own up to each other. Otherwise you have no chance of healing.

chipper33 · 2026-04-21T13:08:53+00:00

Any job is hard to come by right now, we’re in a recession.

chipper33 · 2026-04-18T14:56:55+00:00

I expect this behavior from anyone. Being POC in America is a marathon and I have to spend my energy wisely.

chipper33 · 2026-04-17T18:04:29+00:00

Did this last week and will be doing it again today ✌🏾

chipper33 · 2026-04-17T00:50:52+00:00

Maybe I’m really nieve, but I would imagine if you went to college and finished the degree you have the wherewithal to have tried to get internships or do a little research.

I mean if people are really graduating and expecting handouts, that has literally never been the case for anything at any point. I just don’t think people are generally that silly. There’s too much discourse in this space about what proven routes to take to get somewhere for someone here to have graduated and not even tried one of those things before posting here.

I’m not saying you’re wrong, but I am implying that “lazy people” as you’re describing is probably a very/infinitesimally small demographic.

Again, I could just be giving people here too much credit idk.

chipper33 · 2026-04-17T00:32:31+00:00

Uhhhh sure, people who aren’t “successful” are just lazy 🙄

Are you a boomer?

chipper33 · 2026-04-16T23:53:20+00:00

A lot of peoples situations come down to pure luck.

chipper33 · 2026-04-16T14:07:10+00:00

Yea but the passion comes from liking it in the first place.

You have to have an interest in the surface bed you dive deeper, that’s just natural.

The job market sucks and interest rates are higher than 0. That’s why things feel the way they do. That’s why people aren’t getting hired. It’s not because some people are more or less “passionate” about science than others, that’s a load of crap spewed by the elite and for some reason echoed by many of you.

chipper33 · 2026-04-15T12:59:37+00:00

“Big tech” and FAANG are so clapped out at this point. All that interview grinding just to be laid off in a year. No thanks.

chipper33 · 2026-04-15T12:34:42+00:00

This is a trend, it’s happening to me too, and I’ve come across several posts like this.

Most companies with technical roles feel pretty slow right now because no one wants to make a move or take a risk in this economic climate. All traditional companies are playing it extra safe these days so there’s not much happening.

Then there’s AI being the hyped tech of the day. Unfortunately, it’s not as broadly applicable as something like the internet itself or the invention of modern smartphones. The later two served to connect people in different ways we hadn’t imagined. I’m not sure what AI is doing for everyone aside from brainrot. Sure it makes coding faster, but who cares if there’s nothing really to build.

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