Slack off!

Another example of how extreme wealth destroys human empathy.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Sep 10, 2024, 23:01:
"AI" isn't going to do anything of the sort. It can't currently figure out how may Rs there are in the word "Strawberry". In addition, there is already strong consumer backlash to anything marketed with "AI".

Great, so we can all get jobs counting the number of Rs in words. Surely those will be great paying jobs. Our livelihoods are saved from the bane of AI!

Prez wrote on Sep 10, 2024, 23:22:

Burrito of Peace wrote on Sep 10, 2024, 23:01:
"AI" isn't going to do anything of the sort. It can't currently figure out how may Rs there are in the word "Strawberry". In addition, there is already strong consumer backlash to anything marketed with "AI".

Wait... Are you saying that cats and dogs WON'T be sleeping together? Goddammit I was looking forward to that.

Some cats and dogs might. The last cat Mrs. Burrito had would happily curl up and leech all the heat from my late Chow-Chow.

That line from Ghostbusters has always cracked me up. Peak Bill Murray.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Sep 10, 2024, 23:01:
"AI" isn't going to do anything of the sort. It can't currently figure out how may Rs there are in the word "Strawberry". In addition, there is already strong consumer backlash to anything marketed with "AI".

Wait... Are you saying that cats and dogs WON'T be sleeping together? Goddammit I was looking forward to that.

"AI" isn't going to do anything of the sort. It can't currently figure out how may Rs there are in the word "Strawberry". In addition, there is already strong consumer backlash to anything marketed with "AI".

The sky is going to fall and cats and dogs will be sleeping together too.

Sepharo wrote on Sep 10, 2024, 16:14:
I've been at the same company for 15 years now.
Hoping I'll never have to leave.

<Morgan Freeman'ly> I don't think I could make it on the outside, Andy.

Whilst it won't happen tomorrow, "AI" is going to upend society and work within the next decade, probably within 5 years. If what you do can be automated, it will be. AI is going to decimate white collar jobs. People might think blue collar is safe(r), the trades and such, but who the hell is going to hire other people with no money? I would be petrified if I were just starting out now, or had at least another 20 years of work ahead of me. I'd look at buying land and vertical farming, or nut & fruit farming - doesn't require a ton of equipment. People always need food, clothing, and shelter - water and food being paramount. Even farming is getting heavily robotized - they're doing crazy shit in China with farming robots - but if you own the land and the product that guarantees that at least you and yours won't starve.

Xeth Nyrrow wrote on Sep 10, 2024, 16:59:
Dude who worked in the gaming industry values the skill and knowledge of his industry colleagues as on par with being a driver or a beach bum. What a swell guy.

He's not an "industry" guy, he's C-Suite. Everyone here knows infinitely more about about game development than a guy like that. He's just a money guy. He exists to make money for A) himself first B) shareholders second.

Dude who worked in the gaming industry values the skill and knowledge of his industry colleagues as on par with being a driver or a beach bum. What a swell guy.

I've been laid off once in my entire career and that was from a startup that imploded. Well, they weren't called "Startups" back then but that's what it was. I took 6 months off and went trekking and camping while I depressurized from the 80+ hour/7 day weeks and all the stress. I realize that I had the unique position of being able to do so. But I think taking some time to back off, unwind, and depressurize is beneficial to one's mental health before rushing out to find another job.

I see what you are saying Prez. It was abit different for me. In my situation I have been aware that my department was going to need to get more important (re: profitable) or we would be gone by EOY back in January. Our new CMO is restructuring the company in a way that makes my position redundant at the moment and probably for the foreseeable future. I manage MAs and phlebotomists and I work in clinical operations. The new structure is nurse based, and nurses need providers or other nurses to manage them. It's health care, I as a middle manager and medical assistant/tech only have so much control over things, but I spent a good 6 months trying my hardest to save the jobs of my team across 3 states and 5 metropolitan areas. It didn't happen, I got a few months pay and a stack of references...as did my team. We can't take it personally, the company changed direction because they already know the direction they are going will crash the whole train. I realize not everyone has that sort of time, transparency, or even the opportunity to fix things that I did....so I don't blame anyone for being bitter. Particularly if anyone has had the experience of being lied to about their situation.

I've been at the same company for 15 years now.
Hoping I'll never have to leave.

<Morgan Freeman'ly> I don't think I could make it on the outside, Andy.

I'll be the first to admit that sometimes being fired can feel like an inadvertent favor. When I was in my 30's I was becoming addicted to work. I was working 70 to 80 hours a week not because I had to necessarily, I just did it because I wanted to. (I came to find out that I was doing that because I was afraid of going home and being a disappointment to my ex-wife). But I can't see that it would make people look at being used as a disposable, replaceable "thing" as a positive. It seemed as though it was always the companies who said that they were a "family friendly" company or said stupid shit like "we're not just your employer; we're all a family". After the military, I guess on some level I believed it, or at least I wanted to.

Point is, most people weren't in a financial position to just take time off and relax after being laid off, and those that might have been were forced to learn how little you actually matter regardless of how good at your job you were. I certainly can't imagine that any of that has improved in the last 25 years. I know that whether or not I was financially stable, personally it didn't at all make me feel like I was on vacation; it made me feel like less than nothing.

I only got laid off a couple times in my career, but each time I treated it as a vacation. Enjoy your life before getting sucked back into the grind

Got laid off two weeks ago. Severance was generous, its pretty easy to passively job search these days thanks to Linkedin and Indeed.

Can confirm that me and the dog have been at the beach a lot. Definitly a great destination for the currently unemployed.

Krazy Kat wrote on Sep 10, 2024, 13:21:
Hey guys. I just lost my job.
I think I will just go to the beach for a year.

It makes you wonder why everyone doesn't get themselves fired and go to the beach. This guy may be on to something!

Hey guys. I just lost my job.
I think I will just go to the beach for a year.

Totally not a result of shareholders pushing for increased profits and lazy CEOs who follow the quick fix of laying off workers. Nope.