Hacker News: berz01

New comment by berz01 in "Launch HN: Recall.ai (YC W20) – API for meeting recordings and transcripts"

berz01 — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:45:34 +0000

70 cents per hour is a mountain of fees... basically a $1 per meeting. Sheesh.

New comment by berz01 in "Ilya Sutskever's SSI Inc raises $1B"

berz01 — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 02:18:19 +0000

nailed it bro, someone give this man a podium

New comment by berz01 in "I Was Illegally Fired by Amazon for Speaking Out About a Coworker's Death (2023)"

berz01 — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 15:40:02 +0000

Stop working for tech companies that don't give a shit about you. You want a business that cares about you... start one.

New comment by berz01 in "Microsoft to lay off 11k employees"

berz01 — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 21:14:55 +0000

1. Too many humans - decision-making is slowed down & and it's expensive

Cut half - faster decisions, more money. Will you have more problems, Yes. But you'll never know how bloated you were till you get lean again.

2. Too expensive humans

Most developers at FANGS can be replaced with mediocre devs in iowa or India. They will cut high-priced salaries soon and replace them with entry-level talent.

New comment by berz01 in "Google is shutting down Stadia"

berz01 — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:36:29 +0000

well said, literally it's getting old. no one trusts amazon/google/fb new ventures. atleast fb is going all in on vr

New comment by berz01 in "Snap lays off 20% of employees"

berz01 — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:23:44 +0000

Spreadsheet warrior kinda shit. CFO needed 500M for a stock-buyback. CFO wrote down some napkin math, let go 1/5 of the team. Murdered all innovation into the ground. Wallstreet loved it. Snapchat is a cashcow on a spreadsheet. CFO knows he needs another 20% layoff in Q1 of 2023 to drive his cost of capital down further. Expect more pain from the suits.