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schestowitz[TR2]"Layoffs at Meta and MSFT/LinkedIn are good because it eliminates only the bottom poor performers and gets the stock up.May 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]It’s positive because you get rid of the free loaders. Why would you want to work with poor performers? They should probably fire 10% every year and get rid of these free loaders/poor performers. Any idiot can do computer programming now with AI tools. Get a grip guys and stop whining like little baby girls.🤔May 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]PollMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]56 ParticipantsMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]Select only one answerMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]TrueMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]FalseMay 20 04:40
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schestowitz[TR2]ex-Tubi TVMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]gatormaterMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]3hMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]If you sincerely think only bottom performers are being cut after what like 5 rounds of layoffs then you need to learn to apply your materialsMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]Expedia GroupMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]BluePrinceMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]3hMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]They’ve openly said this is not performance basedMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]Walt DisneyMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]xzooodMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]33mMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]When do they not say this?May 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]VerizonMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]FUBozMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]54mMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]Rage bait from the MITPhdDudeMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]CorumMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]GlindaMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]1hMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]Layoffs are rarely only performance based - popularity, salary, and demographics are just as important. A sycophant has a much better chance of surviving a layoff than an introvert.May 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]AppleMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]stupidsweMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]3hMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]Only an idiot believes that. The real reason is leadership sucks ass, has no vision, and can’t plan for shit.May 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]Mark is chasing every rabbit hole to stay relevant in tech. He has no original idea of his own. Meta engineers have created so many great open source projects like PyTorch and React. Such a shame to see talented engineers get terrorized by a lizard boy.May 20 04:40
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schestowitz[TR2]I don’t think you know how layoffs workMay 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]"May 20 04:40
schestowitz[TR2]https://www.teamblind.com/post/layoffs-at-meta-and-msftlinkedin-are-good-because-it-eliminates-only-the-bottom-poor-performers-and-gets-the-stock-up-twrhccbuMay 20 04:40
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.teamblind.com | Layoffs at Meta and MSFT/LinkedIn are good because it eliminates only the bottom poor performers and gets the stock up. | Layoffs - BlindMay 20 04:41
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schestowitz[TR2]> May 20 13:40
schestowitz[TR2]> Please have a blessed one - and I'll keep praying for y'all's safety and May 20 13:40
schestowitz[TR2]> triumphMay 20 13:40
schestowitz[TR2]> over the haters.May 20 13:40
schestowitz[TR2]I have just read your latest 3 messages. I want to respond to them properly and also finish the codecs series.May 20 13:40
schestowitz[TR2]Sorry for being so far behind - we talk to the Prime Minister's office this week.May 20 13:40
schestowitz[TR2]https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1krpqv7q6May 20 14:50
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1krpqv7q6 )May 20 14:50
schestowitz[TR2]"May 20 14:50
schestowitz[TR2]there is an untouchable person here in Albany with hundreds of hours a year and the person just clicks through them and never gets marked low performer . Makes their own hours, etc. The high performer in same group never did even 40 hoursMay 20 14:51
schestowitz[TR2]1 hour ago by AnonymousMay 20 14:51
schestowitz[TR2]| no reactions | ReplyMay 20 14:51
schestowitz[TR2]Post ID: @yv+1krpqv7q6May 20 14:51
schestowitz[TR2]@vf I appreciate the fact you are just trolling everyone and it is pretty funny (IBMers need a laugh during these bad times at IBM). But, you don't realise that what your fictitiously claiming is you will have spent 3 weeks of work doing pointless badges, while the rest of your team had to do all the work 😂 . You make it sound like your manager is keen to keep you away from the real work, did you sc--w up a lot? These claims (fuMay 20 14:51
schestowitz[TR2]nny as they are) are not the wins you think they are 😂. Anyway, you are very entertaining so pleased keep posting.May 20 14:51
schestowitz[TR2]6 hours ago by AnonymousMay 20 14:51
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schestowitz[TR2]Post ID: @xw+1krpqv7q6May 20 14:51
schestowitz[TR2]@rb sad but true and I also was labeled a super learner every year for 4 consecutive years. All of that means absolutely nothing.May 20 14:51
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schestowitz[TR2]<li><h5><a href="https://nicolasfella.de/posts/smoke-tests-for-fun-and-profit/?utm_source=atom_feed">Smoke tests for fun and profit</a></h5><blockquote><p>Smoking is bad for you. Testing software is good for you though.</p>May 20 18:46
schestowitz[TR2]<p>A while ago I wrote about <a href="https://planet.kde.org/detecting-leaks-in-kde-ci">detecting memory leaks in KDE CI</a>. That works beautifully, and has already lead to real-world improvements, but it assumes that CI actually runs some code, usually a unit test.</p>May 20 18:46
schestowitz[TR2]<p>While some KDE projects have fairly good test coverage, others do not so much. Particularly UI code isn&rsquo;t very easy to usefully unit-test. More complex forms of testig like <a href="https://invent.kde.org/sdk/selenium-webdriver-at-spi" target="_blank">Selenium</a> exist for UI testing, but doing it well is a significant investment and commitment from the developer.</p> </blockquote></li> May 20 18:46
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schestowitz[TR2]                                <li>May 20 18:46
schestowitz[TR2]                                    <h5><a href="https://nicolasfella.de/posts/smoke-tests-for-fun-and-profit/">Smoke tests for fun and profit</a></h5>May 20 18:46
schestowitz[TR2]                                    <blockquote>May 20 18:46
schestowitz[TR2]                                        <p>A while ago I wrote about detecting memory leaks in KDE CI. That works beautifully, and has already lead to real-world improvements, but it assumes that CI actually runs some code, usually a unit test. </p>May 20 18:46
schestowitz[TR2]                                        <p> While some KDE projects have fairly good test coverage, others do not so much. Particularly UI code isn’t very easy to usefully unit-test. More complex forms of testig like Selenium exist for UI testing, but doing it well is a significant investment and commitment from the developer. </p>May 20 18:46
schestowitz[TR2]                                    </blockquote>May 20 18:46
schestowitz[TR2]                                </li>May 20 18:46
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nicolasfella.de | Smoke tests for fun and profit - Nico’s blogMay 20 18:46
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 404 @ https://planet.kde.org/detecting-leaks-in-kde-ci )May 20 18:46
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://invent.kde.org/sdk/selenium-webdriver-at-spi )May 20 18:46
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nicolasfella.de | Smoke tests for fun and profit - Nico’s blogMay 20 18:46
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