> "Make sure that your role (as an engineer) in your company is in the most critical part of the company as you can handle."

The main problem here is how much the organization wants to think it can continue without those crucial parts, I've seen wild things go down in this regard, and I think we'll see a lot more in the near future with people hoping that AI will take care of it. And, on the flipside, and much to my surprise, how often the org can actually survive through such disaster cuts regardless, even though they'll end up at a worse place than they were at before, but the simple act of surviving it -- at that point -- is enough of a success to continue onwards.

Maybe it is the nature of how failure is expressed at that level, to know a team of 30 has been let go and is not available as your extended arm to execute anymore. So, where it manifests as a job loss at a level lower, it is merely a limitation of power for them.

She was let go not because of her own incompetence, failure or not fitting in, but purely out of rushed budget cuts (budgets were finalized, finalized again, and then they realized it's still not good enough).

The reason for those cuts, in this particular instance, was not the overwhelming rise of AI and/or getting more firing power for data centers, it was very clearly a long-visible path of failure two levels above, where one particular person continued to wreak havoc up over the past few years, and, ultimately, caused this cul-de-sac disaster.

The person at the center of this all is an older dude who consistenty has been on the wrong side of any decision he's made. I've only heard of a few things as it is (literally) none of my business, but it's been nothing but chaotic and ill-advised choices. He moved into this role from failing elsewhere, leaving the chaos there behind him, and over the past two years, now has caused yet another disaster in this new role.

My question is, and sort of the point of this post (which I understand is entirely philosophical): how do these people consistently survive their self-inflicted disasters? While her entire team (30+) has been let go now as a result of it all, the person who ran this into the ground continues onwards in the business?

They even made her fire and break the news to most of her team in weekly chunks recently, before telling her she's of course, also done.

I used to work for a big five too, but have been self-employed for over a decade now, so I may be too far out to understand, but it just puzzles me how certain people always manage to stay untainted admist the chaos they've caused, at the cost of everyone else. This used to be a thing I've heard over and over again from friends at Google, but it really seems to be very consistent thing elsewhere, too.

They're clearly not smart people, is it ruthlessness? Are they aware of the disaster they're navigating into and plan well ahead? It's a mystery to me, and it just can't be healthy for these companies to allow such folks to continue onwards.

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I wonder how many people will stay, there's still a huge void in alternatives on that original pricing.

Peak pricing is twice the price, or, off-peak is half the price.

Peak hours are 01:00 - 04:00 and 06:00 - 10:00 UTC (all other hours are off-peak)

-- V4 FLASH NOW -----------------

Off-peak: $0.007 (cache hit), $0.22 (miss), $0.66 (out)

Peak: $0.014 (cache hit), $0.44 (miss), $1.32 (out)

-- V4 FLASH OLD vs NEW (OFF-PEAK) -----------------

Cache hit: $0.0028 vs $0.007 (+250%)

Cache miss: $0.14 vs $0.22 (+157%)

Output: $0.28 vs $0.66 (+235%)

-- V4 PRO -----------------

Off-peak: $0.022 (cache hit), $0.66 (miss), $1.98 (out)

Peak: $0.044 (cache hit), $1.32 (miss), $3.96 (out)

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Once the page gets updated and lost in time, to compare, the same page from August 1, 2026: https://web.archive.org/web/20260801170952/https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing/

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Dear DeepSeek API user, We plan to raise the overall pricing for DeepSeek API services in the near future, with a significant increase expected. Please plan your usage accordingly. The specific pricing plan will be subject to official notice. Please keep an eye on the Open Platform announcements and check your email for further details. If you continue to use our services after the billing adjustment, you will be deemed to have accepted the adjusted billing terms. If you do not agree, you may choose to cancel your service and apply for a refund. Should you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us. Thank you for your support and understanding! DeepSeek Team

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