All I said was people who work at FAANG aren’t all geniuses and I think on average people who go to Caltech, M.I.T (I have a niece there right now who won an international Physics project), etc. are smarter. That’s all I said and mentioned I’ve worked with people who went onto FAANG and are still there.
You're are a problem in the community. You can't do something and actively deter others from doing it out of bitterness. You do it under the guise of, "I'm just saying..."
You can't help them find a way because you haven't found a way.
When others find a way you look for ways to poke holes and minimize (feel bad if your niece if she ever has to talk to you).
Many such cases.
I normally ignore guys like you, but I'm hoping others will see their way through so using as an example.
Sure breh. Go on and create value in this thread then. Nobody is stopping you. Don’t lie to people and say it’s easy and automatic though, most here see that’s not the case.
I also don’t disagree with the message: find whatever way in you can.
Getting into these roles today still isn’t as simple as back then though when the market was hot prior to 2023. Saying otherwise isn’t accurate and not “doom and gloom”, it’s reality.
shyt, I’ve always been the one here saying you got to level up now more than ever because it’s not at simple. I still don’t think it’s harder to break into Google than it is Caltech, M.I.T, etc. though.
If you say so then post the recent numbers of people getting in with no educational background vs people getting in from top schools with a STEM background.
You're either laid off or worrying about getting laid off. Not sure how anyone can be secure in their position right now. Offshoring + AI means it's not really about performance, every company is in cost savings mode right now. You could be great at your job and it might not mean shyt
Another side effect of tech having so few blacks. Sometimes you just can't relate to your coworkers or if your team is heavily dominated by a particular foreign nationality they will form their own cliques making you feel isolated. Also your communication level can become a perception issue. She may be talking "enough" but going unnoticed for the reasons I said above. I've worked in environments where I said something, everyone shook their heads then someone white would literally say the same thing 10-15 min later and it would spur a whole conversation. It becomes demoralizing after a while and you just share less knowing mofos overlooking you regardless what you say/do
Facts!!!! These people will gaslight you as if you don’t know what you’re talking about but let the “right” person say it and all of a sudden everyone is all ears.
This is part of the reason why I stopped caring about promotions…at the end of the day it’s all perception and biases play a huge role in how people see you
Following backlash to statements that Duolingo will be AI-first, threatening jobs in the process, CEO Luis von Ahn has tried to walk back his statement.
Unfortunately, the CEO doesn’t walk back any of the key points he originally outlined, choosing instead to try, and fail to placate the maddening crowd.
Unfortunately the PR team may soon be replaced by AI as this latest statement has done anything but instil confidence in the firm’s users.
About a month ago, Duolingo decided that it would gradually fire all contractors and instead, use AI in a bid to become an AI-first company. Beyond firing contractors, Duolingo planned to make AI a requirement for every aspect of its business. Now Luis von Ahn is trying to do damage control, and failing.
The billionaire took to LinkedIn last week to admit that he wasn’t clear in his AI memo, a memo that sent users into a frenzy, swearing off the app, cancelling premium subscriptions and a once-beloved brand being dragged through the mud.
“I don’t know exactly what’s going to happen with AI, but I do know it’s going to fundamentally change the way we work, and we have to get ahead of it,” admits the man who just a few weeks ago crowed about how vital AI was to Duolingo’s business.
“AI is creating uncertainty for all of us, and we can respond to this with fear or curiosity. I’ve always encouraged our team to embrace new technology (that’s why we originally built for mobile instead of desktop), and we are taking that same approach with AI. By understanding the capabilities and limitations of AI now, we can stay ahead of it and remain in control of our own product and our mission,” writes von Ahn.
Except that’s not at all what you said last month is it Luis? You said that AI was needed to understand your codebase and that without AI, it’d be impossible to scale the platform. In fact, you went so far as to say that despite AI not being “100 percent perfect” it was vital that Duolingo leap headfirst into the space.
The CEO then also says that Duolingo isn’t looking to replace employees with AI, despite explicitly saying as much about contractors. The key here is that, in the eyes of Duolingo and most Silicon Valley powerhouses (we’re looking at you Uber) hiring contractors is a way to avoid the requirements that go along with having employees.
“My goal is for Duos [employees] to feel empowered and prepared to use this technology. No one is expected to navigate this shift alone. We’re developing workshops and advisory councils, and carving out dedicated experimentation time to help all our teams learn and adapt,” wrote von Ahn.
Below his LinkedIn post you will find all the sycophantic praise you might expect from the mix of wealthy and bot users on the platform. It’s all very gross and only serves to highlight just how out of touch the wealthy are with regular people.
The Duolingo CEO’s latest post does nothing to reverse the statement made a month ago. The CEO didn’t backtrack the statement that AI would form part of whether a candidate is worth hiring or not. He also didn’t backtrack the statement that headcount will only increase if a team can no longer automate anymore of their work.
Essentially then, this was a nothing statement from von Ahn that we suspect Duolingo’s PR issued as a sort of damage control. Unfortunately, that team may soon be replaced by AI because it isn’t going well. To their credit, it didn’t help that von Ahn made a frankly stupid comment about machines being able to teach a person anything another human could. Already being dragged by the public, this backtracking just added more fuel to the fire.
Who could've possibly foreseen that the CEO of Duolingo would have to walk back his statement about going all in on AI after a customer outcry, other than absolutely everyone in the world who isn't currently the CEO of Duolingo...
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Who could've possibly foreseen that the CEO of Duolingo would have to walk back his statement about going all in on AI after a customer outcry, other than absolutely everyone in the world who isn't currently the CEO of Duolingo?
Some have taken this latest sign that Duolingo is backtracking its suggestion of being AI first but there’s no language in the statement to suggest that and key statements made last month weren’t walked back at all.
Unfortunately, Silicon Valley isn’t listening to the masses. They are investing heavily in tech on the basis that it can replace workers and make them more money without a second thought. Unfortunately for Duolingo, its customer base is largely consumer-facing and if there is one thing consumers hate more than a scam, it’s injustice and this trend with AI seems to combine both.
We doubt public pressure will actually change what happens at Duolingo. We suspect that if anything, it will simply mean von Ahn stops making public statements unless that aren’t heavily sanitised by the legal and PR department.
The Illusion of No-Code: Builder.ai’s Fall and What It Means for Founders
Builder.ai just went into administration after burning through $450M USD in funding. Behind all the talk of AI and automation was a lot of smoke and mirrors — and reportedly, a whole lot of actual engineers manually building projects behind the scenes. Their cost structure was bleeding cash ($40M per quarter at its peak, and still $21M after “cutting back”), and they owed AWS nearly $88 million just to keep apps online.
"Every kid with a laptop thinks they're the next Zuckerberg, but most can't debug their way out of a paper bag," one expert told Newsweek.
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Computer science ranked seventh amongst undergraduate majors with the highest unemployment at 6.1 percent, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
The Illusion of No-Code: Builder.ai’s Fall and What It Means for Founders
Builder.ai just went into administration after burning through $450M USD in funding. Behind all the talk of AI and automation was a lot of smoke and mirrors — and reportedly, a whole lot of actual engineers manually building projects behind the scenes. Their cost structure was bleeding cash ($40M per quarter at its peak, and still $21M after “cutting back”), and they owed AWS nearly $88 million just to keep apps online.
One of the biggest cybersecurity companies on the market demoed their new AI security tool for my company. It's supposed to replace cybersecurity personnel. The demo was absolutely horrible but upper management still ate it up with a spoon.
All they cared about was how much it could reduce IT Security headcount. Despite the fact it got so many tasks wrong in a controlled demo.
She thought people that always update their profile was weird and bragging nah mfers up on game you was just late to the party girl.
Any accomplishment or new job task is getting thrown on all job site profiles.
"these people bragging" we staying ahead of the curve.
I remember when I was working retail I had some coworkers thinking it was weird to study for certs on my break rather than hang out. But that studying paid off.
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