brazillianboy2

> Note that I never used the term "conniving" myself

That's true. I only realised it later. My bad.

Berlin can be quite different from the rest of Germany. I haven't seen any sign of racism here at all, especially in the start-up scene.

I don't think it will cease to exist. It might be acquired at a ridiculously low price even if it's just for the users and the content.

very true. However, most of the layoffs seem to be in the US, for now...

beware that this is only one side of the story.

I joined after the re-organisations that Phil mentions in the linked post here were well underway. From all I could tell, no one regrets it. At the position I head, I only heard rumours about the struggle that he went through trying to improve the engineering problems there.

Everyone (with perhaps a couple of exceptions) I know personally there (Brazilians or otherwise) was trying very hard to improve things. Their efforts could have been misdirected. Their strategy could have been even counter-productive. The intentions were good, though. And I did see some ill-intentioned people in other places.

I even think that thowaway999 was probably well-intentioned. However, an anonymous director calling people that he disagrees with "conniving and intensely political" and claiming a moral high ground is almost comical.

yeah. You have to chose to be publicly visible as part of an org. I can assure you they have more than 35 devs.