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I don’t get it – is Alexandr Wang Actually Smart or an Idiot? (Blind)

• 撒娇🥺 (Amazon): why do you care if hes smart? he has a few billion and you’re a renter. that’s all you need to know. he won life, and you’re still a loser
• stupidswe (Apple): The guy graduated from a top-tier college and founded a 60B company before he turned 30 ofc he’s a genius. He’s not a technical savant and is probably out of his depth as the head of meta ai but you can’t deny he’s brilliant.
• igcih (Uber): He is definitely smart for gaslighting Zuck into paying him billions of dollars.

‘Life there felt simple’: Woman leaves Google after 8 years despite promotions and perks (Blind)

• MenloNarc (Meta): “After being an overpaid SWE for years at Google, I now no longer value salary, and want to chase purpose, because I have already earned enough salary to never work again, and now I am morally superior.” F*** off.
• SabaIsGod (ex-Meta): Tech workers need to realize that 99.9% of their jobs are irrelevant to society. On the other hand artists need to realize this too.
• slackerswe (Microsoft): That’s the irony with west coast hiring. On the one hand people quit due to boredom/lack of impactful work and on the other like 70+ percent of swes would love such opportunities but they won’t get hired

Interviews are insanely difficult now. (Blind)

• pipgod101 (Amazon): Getting laid off could mean being forced out of the industry. Ala 2008 banking. Brace yourselves. Pray Dario/Elon/Altman have mercy on our souls.
• slackerswe (Microsoft): I think big tech wants HC to go back to 2018/2019
• 火锅 (Microsoft): Yep. It’s a goddamn nightmare for junior engineers with 3 YOE. Most companies want senior-level engineers and above.

Peter Thiel and other tech billionaires are publicly shielding their children from the products that made them rich (r/technology)

• Z-Is-Last: They know it’s bad for brains, yet do it for the money.
• tc100292: Just like they and all their kids are off getting humanities degrees while telling the peons first “learn to code” and now “learn a trade.”
• transversegirl: Their children will get a 90s childhood, a classical education devoid of AI and a trust fund.

Ireland’s data centers consumed nearly as much electricity as every home in the country combined in 2025 — server farms gulped 23% of national power despite years of grid restrictions (r/technology)

• Unable_Technology935: It ought to be interesting here in Indiana. They have plans here in N/W Indiana to have at least one every 20 miles.
• RedBoxSquare: Datacenters should be taxed on their electricity usage so they end up paying more.
• ayetees: We also have the highest energy prices here in Europe. Our government needs to wise up.