Sometimes they get sidelined by vcs, but you can't see it from lower levels. Other times they started something else, and have insider information that the company will not work
You should realize that faang swe income, on a risk adjusted basis, is the best you will get. Hold on as long as possible and invest your earnings into the stock market. Ignore the noise. You quit when you have enough to retire
This is also why undergrad education has lost signal, diligent but unremarkable people are being selected for. It's a major problem in society. Luckily, capitalism punishes misallocation of capital fo incompetent people.
The absent minded professor stereotype is dying, but those are the exact types that revolutionize fields.
These models will be astounding in five years. Any hot take like this is click bait. And it's never from the people actually pushing the models forwards. Always onlookers
Most tech talent isn't worth anything. A few are worth an insane amount. Companies can't tell which are which until they're in the door. The laid off workers are in the mediocre and lower bucket. This is a viewpoint I've been told by HR at multiple top quant funds