I thought I’d never say this : good job Zuck on AI!

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I refuse to do that for my kids.

The amount of stress and expectations parents put on their kids is staggering.

Obviously, these kids will inevitably get bored in any school.

People look for a job because they most likely need one; unless they are in the fortunate position of working for fun and they don’t want to retire just yet.

Negotiating means you should be ready to walk away: let’s be honest … how many with their first offer at their dream job (e.g: FAANG) would be ready to walk away from it?

Unless you have very specific skills and knowledge, you are rarely in the position of bumping the numbers much.

That said, you must negotiate the first offer (usually low), then you counteroffer much higher with the goal of usually settle somewhere in the middle.

Recruiters know how to play the game.

Also, I believe everyone should have a good idea on how much they should be paid. I usually give the first number, if asked (high) I don’t see anything wrong with that.

I already know they will lowball me and then we will settle somewhere halfway.

reading the spring documentation usually help :)

I would choose annotations over having to code all that manually any day.

You can easily test and debug. Yes, it will cost some time to understand how aspects work and how it is all wired up, but it is worth learning.

Virtual threads to the rescue!

People keep overpaying for things like cars and houses. Any drop in prices by few % makes it look like a great deal, and people fomo into it; when in fact prices are still insanely high and completely disconnected from the real economy.

More and more people will be house poor. Many ex-FAANG bought into $8k mortgage depleting a good chunk of their saving for insane downpayment, thinking their income would go on for the next 30y.

I believe we will start see the effect of this in the coming years.

There is no way around it, people must stop buying and stop paying $5 for a coffe.

Also, good luck if you need support.

Until today, Google still has a defacto monopoly on search. Their secret sauce made them leader in the space and so far no other company has been able to come up with something better.

ChatGPT does not have any special secret sauce, Google can just build something better. So if I have to bet, long term, I will still bet on Google. That said, it is also not obvious that leadership at Google will be capable of delivering. That’s all different story.

The big problem for Google is not the tech per se, but to figure out how to make money out of it, without destroying their ads cash cow.

Let me guess … you have a Tesla…

I will just wait perhaps in the next 5 to 10 years. For now I am happy with my hybrid.