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| schestowitz[TR2] | ‘It’s scaring me’: Microsoft employee of 7 years says current work culture has changed for the | Sep 20 02:32 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k5he472f | Sep 20 02:32 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k5he472f ) | Sep 20 02:32 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "It's worse than that. In Q3 of last year (since we are about to get Q3 numbers), IBM reported a 9.7% YoY increase in software revenue. Red Hat was a 13% increase. Basically, Red Hat's contribution went from 9.2% in 2019 to 17.5% in Q3 2024? I used this source to refresh my memory: | Sep 20 02:33 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/10/24/ibms-red-hat-acquisition-will-pay-for-itself-by-early-next-year/ | Sep 20 02:33 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Here's my point, IBM's revenue growth would have been much lower, and potentially negative (like when Ginni and Tonic was around)? | Sep 20 02:33 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Not trying to give credit to AK about Red Hat deal, he dried that source of revenue and created nothing to replace it, only marketing PPTs. | Sep 20 02:33 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Since Ginni and Tonic (sorry not familiar with prior to that to comment on), IBM had 2 consecutive CEOs that literally eliminated organic growth and just bought themselves into growth or let me correct myself, they shrunk the company so badly, but no to the point of extinction because they bought companies. | Sep 20 02:33 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Ginni shrunk the company, from $107 billion in 2011 (before she took over) to $77 billion when she left (so she disappeared like $30 billion?). The only thing she grew was her comp. Then, AK comes in and shrinks it even more, and essentially dries the Red Hat cash cow and completes the IBM is now an Indian company process. | Sep 20 02:33 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | So, now what? Folks that are posting here are right, so long Big Blue, so long?" | Sep 20 02:33 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.nextplatform.com | IBM’s Red Hat Acquisition Will Pay For Itself By Early Next Year | Sep 20 02:33 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "Over the last 5 years IBM revenue has grown about 1.67% a year. Pathetic. They used to have the best customer relationships in the world. IBM CEs customer engineers now SSRs were beloved by customers and they had offices and parts lockers etc in customer sites. IBMers on the bigger accounts had offices at customer sites. We literally walked the halls and knew everyone and were respected because we knew our SHI*T. Today many IBM "S | Sep 20 02:33 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | ellers" were 2 yrs ago working at Ulta or selling mobile phones at Verizon or have degrees in government studies. New IBM sellers think a cloud is the puffy thing in the sky and a server brings your your food. watson x challenge is like watching paint dry." | Sep 20 02:33 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "Whatever Cramer says: "International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)’s CEO Is Doing A “Terrific Job,” Says Jim Cramer" (just 2 weeks ago) | Sep 20 02:34 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/international-business-machines-corporation-ibm-202223895.html | Sep 20 02:34 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | (Jimmy boy 0wn$ $t0ck.io?) | Sep 20 02:34 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | It's not good, but terrific job, look at that, Jimmy boy!! boy crush" | Sep 20 02:34 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-finance.yahoo.com | International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)’s CEO Is Doing A “Terrific Job,” Says Jim Cramer | Sep 20 02:34 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "Oh, really ? I was thinking it would get to $300 per share when he-l freezes over. | Sep 20 02:34 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Or if Cramer kicks the bucket in mid-sentence while praising IBM shares for no good reason." | Sep 20 02:34 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k5hre60v | Sep 20 02:38 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k5hre60v ) | Sep 20 02:38 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Let me tweak what you said: | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Instead of "Loophole may be, fine, we don't bring them here, we just get the more people directly or indirectly via SI or outsourcing partner in India." | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | this "Let's prevent them from using loopholes, if the H1B door closes, let's also close the other obvious door, we also need to prevent them from hiring people directly or indirectly (via SI or outsourcing partner) in India itself." | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Good? | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 1 hour ago by Anonymous | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @at+1k5hre60v | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 0 | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | In IBM's case, it won't matter. | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | It's problems go much deeper than simple labor arbitrage. They're out of every business except for legacy products, and have nothing in the pipeline. The management and shareholders see no value in anything except cash, so they've sold out every part of the company except for mainframes, a few extra hardware groups and legacy software. | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Hiring H1-B for $100k? $500k? They're shipping everything to India, so nothing will change. | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Maybe some tariffs will help, but what products do we actually import from India? | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 1 hour ago by Anonymous | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | no reactions | Reply | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @as+1k5hre60v | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +4 | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @a2 for companies like IBM and McKinsey who have been doing this H1B garbage for more than 20+ years it should be at least US $500,000 or US 1 Million per employee brought on an H1B visa. That will make the executive crooks sit up and take notice. | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 2 hours ago by Anonymous | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @ak+1k5hre60v | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | -3 | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @OP | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Loophole may be, fine, we don't bring them here, we just get the more people directly or indirectly via SI or outsourcing partner in India. | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 5 hours ago by Anonymous | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 5 reactions (+1/-4) | Reply | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @a4+1k5hre60v | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +10 | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @OP | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Yay! Now he needs to go after outsourcing, offshoring, near-shoring (India, Latin America...) AND keep an eye on layoffs here while AK hires in India. "AK, why can't you find the resource here, explain and justify yourself?" | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Save the American middle class. | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 5 hours ago by Anonymous | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 10 reactions (+10/-0) | Reply | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @a3+1k5hre60v | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +12 | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Step in the right direction. Prefer it to be $250K. | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Trump to add $100,000 fee for skilled worker visa applicants | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | If you are an H1B applicant, that means you ! | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/trump-to-add-100-000-fee-for-skilled-worker-visa-applicants/ar-AA1MUWoU?ocid=msedgntp&pc=w099&cvid=68cdb285350d407cb225c50fc5f92a3a&ei=24 | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Are there any repercussions for IBM executives who hire H1B people to do the needful ? Or is it not so needful now ? | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Sep 20 02:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-09/msg00002.html | Sep 20 02:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "Hi! | Sep 20 02:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Sep 20 02:39 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > this is the last time I'll post about Mission:Libre | Sep 20 02:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Sep 20 02:39 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Of course I'm speaking for myself but... please don't! | Sep 20 02:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | This topic is so important! | Sep 20 02:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Sep 20 02:39 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Have a nice day, everyone! :) | Sep 20 02:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Sep 20 02:39 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Gianfranco" | Sep 20 02:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-09/msg00003.html | Sep 20 02:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Sep 20 02:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | yeah, based on what i read from your website, you should *keep* talking about it. you should talk about it as loudly and aggressively (while still being polite) as possible. | Sep 20 02:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | you're doing god's work | Sep 20 02:39 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | "How AI could radically change schools by 2050 " x https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/09/how-ai-could-radically-change-schools-by-2050/ | Sep 20 14:09 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-news.harvard.edu | How AI could radically change schools by 2050 — Harvard Gazette | Sep 20 14:09 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "Guest Post — May the AI Be With Science - The Scholarly Kitchen" | Sep 20 14:13 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | x https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/09/19/guest-post-may-the-ai-be-with-science/ | Sep 20 14:13 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org | Guest Post — May the AI Be With Science - The Scholarly Kitchen | Sep 20 14:13 | |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | <li> | Sep 20 16:11 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <h5><a href="https://www.perl.com/article/geizhals-donates-to-tprf/">Geizhals Preisvergleich Donates USD 10,000 to The Perl and Raku Foundation</a></h5> | Sep 20 16:11 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <blockquote> | Sep 20 16:11 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <p>Geizhals Preisvergleich began in July of 1997 as a hobby project—and yes, “Geizhals” literally translates to “skinflint” in English (they even operate skinflint.co.uk for UK users!). From those humble beginnings, they’ve leveraged the power of Perl to scale up to serving 4.3 million monthly users. With Perl being a key part of their infrastructure, they have generously | Sep 20 16:11 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | decided to support the Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund. </p> | Sep 20 16:11 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | </blockquote> | Sep 20 16:11 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | </li> | Sep 20 16:11 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Geizhals Preisvergleich Donates USD 10,000 to The Perl and Raku Foundation | Sep 20 16:11 | |
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