Toronto Tech Boom

[Admiral Beez]

Seems like there are waves of layoffs and belt-tightening in the tech industry over the last year or so.

Well, if you don’t actually do any work, is it any surprise?

Andreessen Horowitz investor says half of Google's white-collar staff probably do 'no real work'

Andreessen Horowitz's David Ulevitch said Google was an "amazing example" of a company with "BS jobs."

www.businessinsider.com

Whenever I’m on Google, gmail, sheets, etc. or Facebook and notice no real improvements or even design and functionality changes, I sometimes wonder what all those tens of thousands of tech workers are doing.

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[jje1000]

Whenever I’m on Google, gmail, sheets, etc. or Facebook and notice no real improvements or even design and functionality changes, I sometimes wonder what all those tens of thousands of tech workers are doing.

Plus some actual real regression over the years, some of these products are less usable/useful than when they were first released.

Like what you said, I chalk above issue down to 'too many cooks' who need to look busy/improve the bottom line so they fuss around with near-perfected products, destroying them over time.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Plus some actual real regression over the years, some of these products are less usable/useful than when they were first released.

Like what you said, I chalk above issue down to 'too many cooks' who need to look busy/improve the bottom line so they fuss around with near-perfected products, destroying them over time.

Google Search today is terrible. I miss my 20s when from about 1991-2001 we had real choice in useful search.

 

[christiesplits]

Layoffs at Wal-Mart's Toronto "global tech hub."

Walmart to shutter Toronto tech office as part of corporate job cuts and shift away from remote work

The corporate job cuts at Walmart won't affect the Canadian operations at the Mississauga headquarters, according to a source.

www.thestar.com