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Not exactly shocking if you’ve been following tech layoffs. Companies only need recruiters when they’re hiring.

That’s a luxury that many people in this world can’t afford.

That doesn’t matter to laid off people if most companies have a hiring freeze and there’s net reduction in tech workforce. It means most laid off people won’t get jobs until companies start growing again.

People are too fixated on the definition of monopoly. We should just focus on anti-competitive practices.

People like you are why it’s still hard to get ahead as a women. Imagine in every meeting, people assume you’re less qualified for the job before you even start talking.

I can’t believe there are many people who want to be “waited on” by servants. I just want someone to cook and somewhere to sit and hangout with friends without needing to cleanup.

They could have simply banned buying the stock using unsettled cash or margin. Instead they banned all buys and did a terrible job explaining their reasoning.

I’m sure Asians had the highest education and lowest number of kids and previous marriages, so if anything, normalized data would show Asian males are completely screwed. Normalized height would be interesting, and could explain some of the bias.

What we really need is better protection for all 1099 workers.

I think a 1% wealth tax is enough to encourage billionaires to move out or CA, but probably not out or US. I doubt most startup founders would consider it when founding the company.

Currently, capital gains is on taxed on sale. Even on sale there are ways to reduce or defer it (opportunity zone investments for example). Some also donate appreciated shares to charities that are suspect (Trump comes to mind). Most billionaires don’t sell most of their stock during their entire lifetime.

Presumably we would have a vaccine and something like tamiflu for treatment in a few months. Otherwise we're f'd.

What does education, healthcare, childcare, and housing have in common? They didn't get cheaper from outsourcing and automation.

I had a similar experience after my recent job search. The pay gap between startups paying ISOs and larger tech companies paying RSUs was over $100k.