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I'm Karina and I'm a creative technologist, software developer, and designer. I currently work as a new media exhibit technician for the Exploratorium in SF and I also freelance for startups under my own small agency (appropriately called KACHOW! LLC 🗯️ (1/7)
I'm Karina and I'm a creative technologist, software developer, and designer. I currently work as a new media exhibit technician for the Exploratorium in SF and I also freelance for startups under my own small agency (appropriately called KACHOW! LLC 🗯️ (1/7)
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Wonder how much crazier this AI boom is going to get in SF before it busts...
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Karina Chow retweeted
“who should we lay off first”
CEOs:
CEOs:
BREAKING: Microsoft, $MSFT, is offering buyouts to 60,000 workers as part of the company’s efforts to cut costs amid AI adoption, per Bloomberg.
Personnel on select teams in the US, Canada, India, and the UK at a vice president level and below will be eligible.
This reflects ~27% of Microsoft's total workforce.
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Since the world doesn't understand "voluntary buyout programs" like Microsoft's, let me mansplain them.
Companies do these for several reasons:
• Encourage disengaged employees to quit
• Reduce overall headcount
• Reduce complexity in the business
• Bring down cost/head because older folks are more likely to accept these deals.
• Avoid legal/reputational risk vs. a straight RIF
In the end, Microsoft might get 10% of the 60,000 agreeing to exit. That's 6,000 people out of ~224,000. Not huge.
The problem with these programs in hot markets is that your best people might say yes. So there's an adverse selection problem. But in this kind of market, where people are scared and don't job-hop as much, that downside is reduced.
Besides the mimetic nature of CEOs, that's why we're seeing more and more of it.
Companies do these for several reasons:
• Encourage disengaged employees to quit
• Reduce overall headcount
• Reduce complexity in the business
• Bring down cost/head because older folks are more likely to accept these deals.
• Avoid legal/reputational risk vs. a straight RIF
In the end, Microsoft might get 10% of the 60,000 agreeing to exit. That's 6,000 people out of ~224,000. Not huge.
The problem with these programs in hot markets is that your best people might say yes. So there's an adverse selection problem. But in this kind of market, where people are scared and don't job-hop as much, that downside is reduced.
Besides the mimetic nature of CEOs, that's why we're seeing more and more of it.
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Shigeru Miyamoto will be the first video game developer to receive Japan's highest honor for cultural merit next year.
Miyamoto is being honored with the Order of Culture, presented by the Emperor of Japan. This award goes to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution ulture in Japan, ranging anywhere from literature, sciences, and the arts.
Miyamoto is being honored with the Order of Culture, presented by the Emperor of Japan. This award goes to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution ulture in Japan, ranging anywhere from literature, sciences, and the arts.
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As an ex Microsoft employee, I know at least 6 people taking this offer.
And another 2 who are don't want to but are terrified what will happen to them in the following year if they don't.
And another 2 who are don't want to but are terrified what will happen to them in the following year if they don't.
NEARLY 1 OUT OF 3 (60,000 EMPLOYEES) AT MICROSOFT BEING OFFERED VOLUNTARY TERMINATION
Emails should be going out any minute to those receiving the offer.
Absolutely insane.
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TechBro: “Hey babe, I have a fun date night planned for us”
The date spot: 🏢
The date spot: 🏢
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Reflected light from outside the building
prism exhibit where you can turn knobs to change things.
Water drop photography.
Frank Oppenheimer!
And one of the workshops where @karomancer and the rest of the crew there make the magic happen.
prism exhibit where you can turn knobs to change things.
Water drop photography.
Frank Oppenheimer!
And one of the workshops where @karomancer and the rest of the crew there make the magic happen.
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Getting to see the explOratorium at the end of September. One of several posts probably. Thank you again @karomancer
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Annie “Ancho” Choi is a brilliant young artist whose wonderful animations landed her a gig working for the famed Studio Ghibli. This is a short compilation.
[🎞️ anchoponcho]
[🎞️ anchoponcho]
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Brandon Johnson possibly crafts the creepiest Halloween costume, using old clothes, stilts and papier-mâché
[📹 spiritwalker]
[📹 spiritwalker]
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@SmokeAwayyy Isn't that the beauty of it though? Life is all about choices, and for every choice there is a consequence. Good or bad. I know someone that regretted never following their passion for medicine, went back to school & they became a doctor in their late 50's. It could still be you!
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San Francisco's latest walking tour takes people past cats in windows, and apparently, the demand is enormous.
Nearly 100 people gathered Saturday for a neighborhood “catwalk,” a free afternoon stroll past the homes of local cats, all volunteered by their owners for a moment in , by all accounts booked and busy, had become local celebrities without lifting a paw.
Organizer Lora Lafon told SFGATE the idea began with a Reddit thread inspired by a similar event in Minneapolis. More than 50 households across San Francisco signed up, and interest quickly outgrew what a single afternoon could accommodate.
The inaugural walk was capped at 100 people, leaving another 406 on the waitlist and 388 more expressing interest.
“We're such a big dog city (love dogs too) that it's been really sweet to see how proud the cat owners are when people stop to admire their babies in the window,” Lafon said.
Fortunately for the city's aspiring cat admirers, more walks are in the works, both in San Francisco and potentially across the Bay Area.
Nearly 100 people gathered Saturday for a neighborhood “catwalk,” a free afternoon stroll past the homes of local cats, all volunteered by their owners for a moment in , by all accounts booked and busy, had become local celebrities without lifting a paw.
Organizer Lora Lafon told SFGATE the idea began with a Reddit thread inspired by a similar event in Minneapolis. More than 50 households across San Francisco signed up, and interest quickly outgrew what a single afternoon could accommodate.
The inaugural walk was capped at 100 people, leaving another 406 on the waitlist and 388 more expressing interest.
“We're such a big dog city (love dogs too) that it's been really sweet to see how proud the cat owners are when people stop to admire their babies in the window,” Lafon said.
Fortunately for the city's aspiring cat admirers, more walks are in the works, both in San Francisco and potentially across the Bay Area.
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A few of my friends have told me that after watching You Can See Everything, they now find Elizabeth Holmes charming and attractive.
Y'all... Please don't become angel investors please. 😅
Y'all... Please don't become angel investors please. 😅
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