The real problem is social media. Their machine learning algorithms are optimised to boost toxic content, as they result in more engagement (time spent). This is a fundamental trait of humans. Even babies look at angry faces longer than happy faces.More time spent means more advertising revenue.
It means the current generation gets exposed to a lot of toxic content all in the name of driving advertising revenue. In the olden days you could get everything, but it wasn't forced down your throat, or rather your reels.
Outsourcing comes and goes in waves. Good talent in India and the Philippines tend to work for FAANG companies, often at very comparable salaries to the west.
The remainder of the talent tends to struggle with some of the outsourced work, but with AI they can now give a semblance of competence.
In the UK a major retailer, Mark and Spencer got hacked after outsourcing work to India. They couldn't fulfill orders online for months, and they are now reducing the amount of work they outsource to India.
We will see something similar happen to other companies in a year or two, but until then we just have to tighten our belts and hope we don't get layed off before then.
I think you might be reading a bit too much into this.
He’s been with Meta for 11 years and is likely in a very comfortable financial position, given the substantial stock options he’s received over that time.
He also mentioned the arrival of a new child, and it’s well known that Meta's work-life balance isn’t always ideal.
On top of that, Meta, like many major tech companies, has been shifting its focus toward LLM-based AI, moving away from more traditional PyTorch use cases.
Considering all of this, it seems like a natural time for him to move on and pursue new, more exciting opportunities.
Step 1: We are going to estimate tasks in imaginary relative units
Step 2: We are now going to use these imaginary units to measure your velocity
Step 3: We are now going to compare your progress in imaginary units to other teams who use a different imaginary units, and complain your underperforming
Then you imaginary unit inflation and before you know everything is an XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXL t shirt size.
Daily stands ups are the quickest way to waste your time.Even if can limit the stand up to 5 to 10 minutes, a study from the University of California Irvine revealed that it takes an average of 23 minutes and 15 seconds to get back to the task at hand. That means you lose half an hour of work from each of your team members each day, 20 hours a month.
I trust my team to keep me updated if a ticket takes longer than expected. If it does, I can arrange a meeting with the required developers to discuss a way forward.