●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 ●● ● Sep 18 [01:07] *jacobk (~quassel@dt7mrnex4e9nw.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:10] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:26] *jacobk (~quassel@rr2rh58ht72yy.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 18 [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uy3E7Px [04:43] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uy3E7Px ) [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] " [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] When you are dealing with corporate crooks and thieves like Alvind and the Pipmunks, you know that decency and respect have no place in the conversation. [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] Palmisano and Rometty were no better but Alvind beats them all at the game ! [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] No matter - it will catch up with him and those near and dear to his stone cold heart. [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] 3 hours ago by Anonymous [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @yjs+1uy3E7Px [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] At the end of the day, they need to make the shareholders happy by going above the expected earnings per share estimate from analysts. If they don't meet above expectation numbers then the share price would go down. This is the only thing the board members, CEO, Cxx, and shareholders care about. Real human employees no longer matter in corporations cause eventually majority of humans will be replaced by AI. The AI robots will sit a [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] round a table and talk about how humans got rid of humanity. They will have the last laugh! [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @fwm+1uy3E7Px [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] +3 [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] Well at least IBM won't sc--w with your pension. [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] Oh, wait ...! [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] 6 hours ago by Anonymous [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+3/-0) [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @eop+1uy3E7Px [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] Laid off during COVID after 25 years of service. They always go for the older workers. Even if you take the severance, you are still entitled to arbitration and there are a lot of firms with suits against ibm for age discrimination. You should look into it. [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] 6 hours ago by Anonymous [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @gbz+1uy3E7Px [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] +7 [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] You would have been selected for the layoff ~1 month ago, well before you mentioned your retirement. It is highly unlikely that your manager could have done anything to change it when s/he heard of your retirement. Even if it could be changed, you and your team are better off by not changing it - since you are getting paid severance into January (when you would have been gone), you will end up with more salary this way, and someone [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] else who would have let go instead gets to keep their job a while longer. [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] 6 hours ago by Anonymous [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] | 9 reactions (+8/-1) [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @tcg+1uy3E7Px [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] +8 [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] Another way to look at it is you retiring a couple months sooner than expected saved someone elses job. For now. [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] Enjoy your retirement! [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] " [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uy8oDkf [04:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uy8oDkf ) [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] " [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] Did you move and then got RAd? [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] 3 hours ago by Anonymous [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1bsu+1uy8oDkf [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] Me too. Worked in Cloud Infra for nine years. My 2nd line manager requested a one on one early today, and bang. I got 30 [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] Days. [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] 6 hours ago by Anonymous [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+1/-1) [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ajn+1uy8oDkf [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] It's the modern version of "I've Been Moved". Think "redeployed" employees [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] 8 hours ago by Anonymous [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @dzi+1uy8oDkf [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] not just BDM - as I was already residing in a strategic location [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Sep 18 [06:15] schestowitz[TR2] v [06:15] schestowitz[TR2] More feedback regarding the draft coming up soon: [06:15] schestowitz[TR2] "Apropos Andy's current draft, xxxxx is reading it and I'll have some feedback [06:15] schestowitz[TR2] later tonight. Since it is a long read, having the thesis in the opening [06:15] schestowitz[TR2] paragraph(s) would help a lot. Perhaps the flow could be given there, too." 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    Introducing Shiny Assistant You Can Now Build Shiny Applications with GPT and GenerativeAI
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    Its been almost two years since the first release of ChatGPT. It took the world by storm, to put it mildly. In the short period that followed, we now have multiple companies building Generative AI platforms that were unimaginable before late 2022. What a great time to be a consumer.

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    • [14:51] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Introducing Shiny Assistant You Can Now Build Shiny Applications with GPT and GenerativeAI | R-bloggers ● Sep 18 [15:36] *jacobk (~quassel@rr2rh58ht72yy.irc) has joined #techbytes [15:57] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@gcs5ikfy64ubg.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 18 [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] Re: Job and money is of little importance [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > Dear Sir, [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > in your article about YouTube Susan Wojcicki, there was absolutely no [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > reason to wax poetic about life and death. I am a Christian and would, [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > did I not fear God, Christ, and eternal damnation, kill myself. [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > I have neither a lot of money, nor a "job". I am mentally ill and hate [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > my life. Atheists should simply accept the fact that without eternity [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > and an objective law giver, values cannot exist and remain subjective. [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > So far, no one has refuted C. S. Lewis' core arguments in his "Mere [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > Christianity" or Vox Day's "The Irrational Atheist". Suicide is [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > rational, which does not mean it is the correct route to take. (It's [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > also not rational to run in to a burning house, though one may do it to [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > save someone from burning to death.) only because something is rational [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > does not mean it is right, and I'm tired of guys like Stallman who act [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > as if they understood more about such topics, when in reality they are [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > at best better at physics than the average person. Though physics does [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > not really answer any questions about life and death, this is the realm [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > of metaphyiscs and ontology. [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > Best regards [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > An ugly hunchback who would blow his brains out did he not fear God, [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] > Christ, and eternal damnation [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] I can imagine who wrote that [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] but it's sent from anon account [18:54] schestowitz[TR2] QUOTE [18:54] schestowitz[TR2] fwiw here are some questions for Andy, he has not responded to past emails [18:54] schestowitz[TR2] so perhaps he can get them via you this time? [18:54] schestowitz[TR2] 1. What is the goal of the article? [18:54] schestowitz[TR2] 2. How have the changes to university financing contributed to the current mess? And how is it possible that science and the arts have taken a distant [18:54] schestowitz[TR2] second place to economic profit? [18:54] schestowitz[TR2] 3. What are the analyses of the reasons for how we got into the current mess? [18:54] schestowitz[TR2] 4. Who benefits from the current mess? [18:54] schestowitz[TR2] 5. Why are IT magazines completely silent about these problems? [18:54] schestowitz[TR2] 6. What are possible routes out of the current mess? [18:54] schestowitz[TR2] ^ also possible topics ? [18:54] schestowitz[TR2] UNQUOTE [18:54] schestowitz[TR2] > THanks. Okay I can work on that. ● Sep 18 [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uytuuZ7 [19:17] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uytuuZ7 ) [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] " [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] STILL no media reports at all about mass layoffs at IBM yesterday! Incredible! [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] 6 minutes ago by Anonymous [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1bmf+1uytuuZ7 [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] Can anyone comment as to whether the US notifications are done or if it's possible (or likely) that more people will be notified today and throughout this/next week? This would be extremely helpful. [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] 55 minutes ago by Anonymous [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1uei+1uytuuZ7 [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] 60 years of product development -- that is, 3 people -- US [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1ppl+1uytuuZ7 [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] Resource Actions (RAs) at IBM have "Code Names" ... this one is code named "Falcon"... from what I have heard, it has various phases... Phase I is USA (Notifications for most were Tues. Sept. 17th with Oct. 17th Exit).... other geos/regions I believe are Phase II, Phase III.... [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Anonymous [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1vfz+1uytuuZ7 [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] -1 [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] US / Enterprise Operations/ 23 years/ B10 [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Anonymous [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+0/-1) [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1eyh+1uytuuZ7 [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] US - CISO SOC- 4+years [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] 3 hours ago by Anonymous [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1eva+1uytuuZ7 [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] Technology Expert Labs. 26 years. B9 US [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Pi---d [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+2/-1) [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1xmw+1uytuuZ7 [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] 3,500 people in just consulting I was told [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] 14 hours ago by Anonymous [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] | 6 reactions (+4/-2) [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1wqz+1uytuuZ7 [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] US IBM Cloud Infrastructure [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] " [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uzAjSe9 [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] " [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] If you have been RA'd, 12 actions to take [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] First, I am sorry to hear of your situation. [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] This is probably a hard time and please know that you already on the right track by being proactive. Keep going -- action alleviates anxiety. Take control and plan your next steps. Here are some suggestions to get you started. [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] Before you leave IBM, here are 12 actions to get ready to find a new job: [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] (1) While it will be hard to stay positive near term, be sure you don't burn any bridges internally before you leave. IBMers know alot of people and will be good references for you and they may know of open positions elsewhere and/or could refer recruiters to you. [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] (2) Do a quick audit of your skills -- are the current? the skills that people want now? If you need to buff up your skills, now is the time to take advantage of all the free education at IBM and earn some new badges. Once you get outside, you may have to pay to get re-skilled. Better to take advantage of the free resources now. [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] (3) Get your LinkedIn profile updated -- lots of good advice online about how to shine [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] (4) Start getting connected with fellow IBMers on LinkedIn now, before you leave. Once you leave, people may be less inclined to link with you. Of course, when you reach out to them on LinkedIn there is no need to reveal that you want to connect because you have been RA'd. You can share that at a future time when you are ready to network. [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] (5) Update your resume -- while you can do it yourself, I suggest you invest $200 to have a professional help you. Here's a service my HR Partner recommends www.topresume.com/ [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] (6) If you are in the US, get on the phone with the Money Smart program team and have them provide an assessment of your 401K and finances. This will let you know where you stand financially. The Money Smart program is free, so take advantage of it.Also check if you have a Future Health Account on the Fidelity NetBenefits site under Health Insurance. [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] (7) In the US, depending on what State you reside in, you may or may not be paid for your unused Personal Choice Days. If you will not get paid for your Personal Choice days, I would suggest you use your Personal Choice days instead of vacation days. [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] (8) In the US, save all your vacation days since IBM will pay you for those days that you have accrued and not used. [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] (9) If you have an Anniversary coming up (Quarter Century etc), look on w3 to see what you are eligible for -- and think about how you want to handle it before you leave. [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] (10) If you have Blue Points, cash them in and treat yourself to something. [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] (11) Download your Checkpoint and PBC history and documents. You will want to refer to them later when you are interviewing and people ask about your work experiences and performance. [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] (12) Download your Think40 history so you remember all the courses you have taken and the learning you have done. This will be good fodder for your updated resume and will demonstrate that you are a life long learner. [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] And here is relevant advice from a few years ago: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/6-things-id-do-i-got-laid-off-ibm-j-t-o-donnell [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] Best of luck! Ever onward [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] " [19:18] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uzAjSe9 ) [19:19] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/6-things-id-do-i-got-laid-off-ibm-j-t-o-donnell ) [19:19] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uz6XD8C [19:19] schestowitz[TR2] " [19:19] schestowitz[TR2] You can file a complaint with the New York State Attorney Generals office if youve witnessed corporate wrongdoing : [19:19] schestowitz[TR2] https://ag.ny.gov/file-complaint/corruption-wrongdoing [19:19] schestowitz[TR2] NYSAG also has a whistleblower portal if you prefer to remain anonymous: [19:19] schestowitz[TR2] https://ag.ny.gov/i-want/use-whistleblower-portal [19:19] schestowitz[TR2] Complaints might include: [19:19] schestowitz[TR2] Securities fraud, artificially inflating stock prices, misleading investors [19:19] schestowitz[TR2] Deceptive business practices selling products they know dont work (Watsonx, AskHR anyone?) [19:19] schestowitz[TR2] Pretexts for unlawful discrimination, creating fake performance issues (PIPs) to enable secret mass layoffs, and violating the WARN act [19:19] schestowitz[TR2] IBM also likely received significant tax incentives for their new office at One Madison. Hochul herself attended the opening a couple weeks ago. Yet, IBM's jobs in India outnumber U.S. jobs by at least 10:1, by some estimates, and that gap is likely even bigger after yesterdays RA. Who is this office even for, if most of the jobs have been offshored? How can these tax breaks be justified when the bulk of IBM's workforce isn't ev [19:19] schestowitz[TR2] en in the U.S.? Where is that money going? [19:19] schestowitz[TR2] " [19:20] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uz6XD8C ) [19:20] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ag.ny.gov | File a complaint: Public corruption or corporate wrongdoing | New York State Attorney General [19:20] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ag.ny.gov | Whistleblower Portal | New York State Attorney General [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uyv7aCy [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] " [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] We didn't hear a word about this in mainframe land in Poughkeepsie, it was just another day. [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+0/-1) [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1yct+1uyv7aCy [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] -1 [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] Are you new at IBM or 16 years old??? Nobody else would ask this question. [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] 3 hours ago by Anonymous [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+0/-1) [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1bgv+1uyv7aCy [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] " [19:20] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uyv7aCy ) [19:21] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uyPR2gb [19:21] schestowitz[TR2] " [19:21] schestowitz[TR2] IBM's strategy seems to be to buy companies, promise they'll synergise with IBM's offerings and before the next set of disappointing results demonstrate that they didn't, to buy someone else and try to hype that purchase off whilst shoving the old one under the carpet. [19:21] schestowitz[TR2] It's a misdirection game that would make any street-huckster running a cup-game blush. Keep giving the dividend, keep that institutional cash, and keep this nonsense up to stay in a C-suite job. As for the rest of us... well... it's less good. [19:21] schestowitz[TR2] 7 hours ago by Anonymous [19:21] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) [19:21] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1fnx+1uyPR2gb [19:21] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [19:21] schestowitz[TR2] IBM has adopted buying innovation, rather than developing it in house. The bean counters have decided its more profitable to overpay for innovation, but make it up on worldwide distribution and legacy layoffs. [19:21] schestowitz[TR2] " [19:21] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uyPR2gb ) [19:23] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uzPNjPq [19:23] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uzPNjPq ) [19:23] schestowitz[TR2] " [19:23] schestowitz[TR2] This is probably the worst US company to provide outplacement services for those IBM US folks who get laid off. The web site provides little or no introduction to their services, the coaches are a no-show for meetings; when they do show up they can't wait to finish up their 30 minute session every week. Sad and pathetic offerings mostly but some of the Webex meetings from the senior coaches are packed with good information. What's [19:23] schestowitz[TR2] up with that ? Is IBM getting a bargain price from Risensmart, so they engage the services of these talentless goons ? There must be a reason for providing such a lousy service for 6 months of hopelessness for those laid off. No, IBM tries to get the biggest bang for the buck, of course. That's why they have layoffs, so Alvind can take home a mega bonus in 2025 ! [19:23] schestowitz[TR2] You might have better luck as I did with my local unemployment office who gave me better tips and advice (and free) for my job search than my Risesensmart coaches ever did. I went through 4 Risendumb coaches in 5 months, which must be a record - none of them was very good or cared about my post-IBM career - it showed. This is just a smoke and mirrors act, and the coaches are hopeless and can't do much to help anyone get a job, exce [19:23] schestowitz[TR2] pt maybe themselves. Your mileage may vary, and you may get an exceptional coach which is not the norm. [19:23] schestowitz[TR2] Does IBM HR give a darn about using this clustf**k company ? Nope, the IBM HR Pipmunk, Nickel and Dime couldn't care less. The IBM "Special Exit" package promises a lot but delivers little or nothing to those laid off. So check with your lawyer first. That's why IBM gets sued by many US employees for age discrimination and the employees win but have to sign NDAs to collect their rewards. Happens all the time... [19:23] schestowitz[TR2] Would you trust Alvind and his Pipmunks to sit the right way on a toilet set ? I wouldn't, in a million years. And not anyone from Risendumb either. [19:23] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Sep 18 [20:20] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:22] *jacobk (~quassel@rr2rh58ht72yy.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 18 [21:38] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Sep 18 [22:10] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.0.0 Aria http://www.kvirc.net/)