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Microsoft to cut under 2.5% of workforce in latest layoffs(reuters.com)
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by 72f988bf 6mo ago
> Humans only care when the house is on fire In corporate context it's because that's, in theory, an effective use of resources: If 20 teams are constantly "there is a huge risk of fire", a lot of mental energy is was
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Microsoft Updates Windows 'To Stop Users from Downloading Google Chrome'(forbes.com)
6 points by 72f988bf 9mo ago|4 comments
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A joint statement from Microsoft and OpenAI(blogs.microsoft.com)
5 points by 72f988bf 1y ago|2 comments
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Microsoft is planning job cuts and focusing more on underperforming employees(businessinsider.com)
21 points by 72f988bf 2y ago|7 comments
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by 72f988bf 3y ago
Scanning, dumping, and diffing of active directory also helps seeing when people got promoted. ("Software Engineer" -> "Software Engineer II" -> "Senior Software Engineer" etc). Useful for figuring out st
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Microsoft Lists is now available for everyone on iOS, Android, and the web(theverge.com)
1 points by 72f988bf 3y ago|0 comments
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by 72f988bf 3y ago
Back in 2021, Seattle's courthouse introduced armed escorts for the same reason. https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/king-county-courtho... Not sure if it's still going on today.
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by 72f988bf 3y ago
> In-person is much better if you don't know what you need to build, are trying to "figure it out as you go along", and are relying on the implicit fast feedback loop of standing next to each other. true. > For large co
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by 72f988bf 3y ago
Meanwhile in WA state, the house bill advertised by https://washington.repair.org/ has, in its most recent iterations (after 02-08-2023, in this list https://app.leg.wa.gov/bi/tld/documentsearchre
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by 72f988bf 3y ago
> Seems like Americans are left with the choice to either risk killing someone/themselves driving home or just not going out. If only there was a service where you can pay money to be driven somewhere... I heard Americans invented
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by 72f988bf 3y ago
> Programs which have offered the homeless real homes, with privacy, the ability to safely store belongings and keep pets, and the ability to decorate, cook, and sleep in quiet, have not had any difficulty filling those homes, but these
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by 72f988bf 4y ago
> They couldn't do a massive layoff in the past because it would get them bad rep Forget about "bad rep", it was a bad economic decision: why let go a slight underperformer (a now-known 0.8x engineer) that you hired in 201
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by 72f988bf 4y ago
The original source seems to be posted at https://www.flexport.com/blog/flexport-co-ceos-note-to-emplo...
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by 72f988bf 4y ago
A bit disappointed that until pretty recently I'd still see "Flexport is hiring" advertisement posts on HN frontpage
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by 72f988bf 4y ago
This was probably very org/team dependant. This announcement will at least make it more fair going forward to teams that sticked to the rules and did report the days off. The teams that didn't report still get an advantage in a la
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Needl (YC S22) raises $2.5M to build ‘a search bar for your entire life’(geekwire.com)
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by 72f988bf 4y ago
> I went back to Microsoft consulting as a both orange and a purple badge Orange badge is for contractors, but purple badge are for dogs: https://twitter.com/juliehubs/status/892459513432858624 Was purple used
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by 72f988bf 5y ago
As an employer, stopping in Colorado is only cutting you off of 5.8 million talent pool. Stopping in both NYC and WA state would cut you out of 16 million, so the equation becomes a bit different.
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by 72f988bf 5y ago
It's pretty straightforward, especially for the first 4 major levels: - salary bands (+ stock awards & bonus. i.e "TC" bands) - average seniority - title change ( I (entry level) -> II -> Senior -> Principal -&g
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by 72f988bf 5y ago
This extreme of "no zoning" doesn't work because of the negative externalities you can create, affecting your neighbors Simply put: if you get to build your perfect house, with a nice mountain view, the neighbor west of you
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Coordination Headwind – How organizations are like slime molds(komoroske.com)
1 points by 72f988bf 5y ago|0 comments
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by 72f988bf 5y ago
3rd time I tried posting this url: https://fortune.com/2021/10/07/playbook-funding-lower-taxes-... HN keeps modifying it to " https://fortune.com/http:/playbook-peter-thiel-startup-ta
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Playbook gets new funding to help users do what Peter Thiel does–pay lower taxes(fortune.com)
2 points by 72f988bf 5y ago|2 comments
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Vimcal – Fly through your calendar(vimcal.com)
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Microsoft Acquires Ally.io(ally.io)
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Amazon CEO, Citing ‘Rougher’ Patch with Seattle, Looks to ‘Burbs(bloomberg.com)
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Twitter for Professionals(business.twitter.com)
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by 72f988bf 5y ago
> S3's margin is R2's opportunity Indeed, it looks like "your margin is my opportunity" motto can work both ways for Amazon :)
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by 72f988bf 5y ago
Went down the rabbit hole from your link: > > It is a parody/exaggeration of the Edsel, a similarly disastrous automobile designed by Ford Motor Company. Points to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsel : It h

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