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Cried after failing my OpenAI interview (Blind)

• Qeerrt (Meta): If you reached Open AI final rounds, you’ll probably do well enough in your Anthropic loop. I’m kind of the opposite. I didn’t get Anthropic after almost clearing every round. At least you’re brave enough to still try. I think I’m done.
• hiou (Silver Lake): I love how everyone is steering clear from Amazonians now.
• Gregg7 (ex-Dropbox): Ask the recruiter for feedback. OAI sometimes gives it and it’ll help for Anthropic.

Changing spending to save more working in tech in 2026 (Blind)

• ObFI63 (Meta): No american is gonna judge you bro we dont give a fk what you do
• xysotne (Spotify): I did and it’s been great. Spending lots of money on frivolous city stuff didn’t really lead to any long term meaningful benefits. Here I focus on my hobbies, friends, and fitness.
• chat2 (Meta): It’s an ok plan but almost always easier to just earn more instead. You can only reduce costs to 0 whereas you can earn infinitely

Generational opportunity to get out of tech coming up (Blind)

• DYLY82 (Airbnb): The way you pine for driving to customer sites and working in the sun makes me think you’ve never held a real job that requires physical labor in your life.
• nunux (Salesforce): Most small biz is hard work. Owners rarely able to hire more workers to delegate and never take vacations. Most take a single day weekend too.
• GoldMine🏡 (Coinbase): Running a small business is not for everyone.

We Are Living in the Fantasy World of 13-Year-Old Boys: Many of the tech billionaires who built our world have taken the wrong lessons from their favorite science fiction. (r/technology)

• callmebaiken: It actually can’t be overstated the degree to which AI investment is being shaped by 20th-century science fiction
• TheAngryCrusader: Let’s not make this sound any better than it is. These are controlling delusional psychopaths who think a strong arm on society is the best path forward. The issue is, their value and belief systems are so far removed from reality it’s impossible to work.
• CautionarySnail: They read the word dystopia, crossed it out, and wrote down “business plan”.

Mozilla launches ad blocking for Firefox on iOS (r/technology)

• Hot_Amount_3584: I want to also work with YouTube
• DctrGizmo: Still not showing up on my end.
• spicypixel: Again? I had it before then it went away.