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Bay Area tech workers thought their jobs were safe. Then the ‘golden handcuffs’ came off
Los Angeles Times ^ | April 28, 2025 3 AM PT | Queenie Wong

Posted on 04/28/2025 3:19:45 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

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To: 6ppc

They could always learn to code, right? Oh wait...


81 posted on 04/28/2025 8:38:27 PM PDT by pingman ("Step right up! Get your free helicopter ride, courtesy of Pinochet Air!")
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To: Myrddin

Best wishes for you Myrddin.

Management seems to like laying off the walk-on-water types, and then get surprised at the loss of tribal knowledge.


82 posted on 04/28/2025 9:01:41 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: wildcard_redneck

Concur.


83 posted on 04/28/2025 9:03:12 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Bobbyvotes

Yes.

Clueless greedy executives.


84 posted on 04/28/2025 9:04:12 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Liz

The Intel ceo sounds like a Chinese spy.


85 posted on 04/29/2025 12:33:18 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: minnesota_bound

The Chinese Intel ceo sounds like a Chinese spy.



No question.


86 posted on 04/29/2025 1:56:43 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray...."Our Father, who art in heaven......" )
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To: Leaning Right

I used to work in communications when serving in the U.S. Navy. All the ships I went to, we would have a couple guys in the division whose collateral duty was teletype maintenance. I was always amazed that they could take it apart, put it back together, and there would be extra pieces left over. Yet, the teletype still worked. I used to joke about it with them.


87 posted on 04/29/2025 2:45:42 AM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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To: metmom

I had a good IT job at Nortel. The Chinese stole all our data and Nortel went bankrupt.


88 posted on 04/29/2025 5:36:27 AM PDT by armourenthusiast (I capitalize everything related to the South)
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To: Bobbyvotes
Foreign workers visa expires as soon as their job is no more.

I wouldn't assume that H1B workers are being fired before American workers. Companies/corporations are bottom line oriented. If it's cheaper to pay an H1B techie over his American counterpart, most is not all companies will go with the bottom line, i.e., keep the cheap H1B guy and fire the American.

I've made this point in the past. We often curse the effect and not the cause. This is true about the invasion on the southern border and it's also true about the H1B invasion. In both cases, our wrath should be directed primarily at the government that has enabled and done nothing to stop the illegal alien and H1B invasion.

Trump advisor Musk is no friend to the American worker. He's all in for H1B hires. We should have ZERO H1B visas. All H1B visa holders need to leave.... America and Americans 1st 'should' be the mantra of every government rep, judge, bureaucrat and U.S. company. Sadly, it's not.

89 posted on 04/29/2025 6:36:25 AM PDT by JesusIsLord
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To: grey_whiskers
Thanks. I received a layoff notice in my e-mail yesterday. It was necessary to hold my nose and apply for Medicare part A last night. I would much prefer to stay on and lead a development group. For now, I have to deal with two parallel paths to the future while wrapping up my current assignments.

Mid-morning yesterday, I saw a disturbing message from the Linux environment. It was out of file descriptor resources. I examined the system and found a bunch of java processes holding huge numbers of open files. One had over 36000. I rebooted and took a baseline of top 10 processes holding file descriptors, then started the "environment" to assess whether it is the culprit. It is. I sent the evidence to the system architect and my boss. It's not nice to toss a live grenade under the restroom stall, but it needs to be addressed.

90 posted on 04/29/2025 7:46:01 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: metmom

Learn to wrench.....

That’s job security as long as you aren’t an idiot and willing to learn and get dirty.


91 posted on 04/29/2025 10:15:37 AM PDT by SPDSHDW (Execute Order 66....)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Many industries are “recession proof” until they aren’t. The California defense industry was like that for decades until the 1990s, at which point it promptly folded. Hollywood is experiencing the same type of bloodbath and won’t recover (at least not in California). The California state government doesn’t help matters by making it prohibitive to maintain marginal jobs or risk money with a start-up in California due to oppressive taxes and regulations.


92 posted on 04/29/2025 10:22:36 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: SPDSHDW

That’s right.


93 posted on 04/29/2025 10:26:22 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesu)
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To: JesusIsLord

Capitalism is always about bottom line. Capitalism where practiced has created most prosperity. You desire protectionism. That is cousin of fascism


94 posted on 04/29/2025 11:53:40 AM PDT by Bobbyvotes (I am in mid-80's and I am not gonna change my opinions.)
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To: JesusIsLord

Listen again with focus what president Trump & Musk are saying ..America first, not Americans first. Unless you are native American descendent, your roots are immigrants anyways.


95 posted on 04/29/2025 11:58:26 AM PDT by Bobbyvotes (I am in mid-80's and I am not gonna change my opinions.)
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