What can't transformers do?

Advanced mountain biking. I guess.

Why do devs beg for information about lay-offs. It's unbecoming.

Communicating these things ahead of time doesn't do any good for anyone. If you're concerned, start looking for other work.

1) When someone is unhappy and you ask for questions, they will often ask the question they think you will find most uncomfortable to answer. They don't have much power but they can make you squirm.

2) If someone is still drinking the google juice and believes executives have their interests at heart, they may well believe enough in the "culture of transparency" that if they're worried about layoffs they ask about it at an all-hands.

3) They might suspect you're full of it and that your response to this question will be a litmus test

My guess is one of those three

Because when someone is fucking you it's common courtesy for them to look you in the eye.

Yes when the layoffs happen it should be done with dignity. But no one owes you a "heads up".

In many countries and jurisdictions, that’s exactly what they owe you.

It's not only about the one being fired. It's also about the ones not affected knowing it was the last round for a while so they can focus on their work, not on fear of losing it.

Just because something isn't legally owed, doesn't mean people shouldn't demand it.

Being transparent can create trust. Trust is important for motivation. Motivation is important for "knowledge workers"

To turn it around: Why should one work hard if there is a high chance of some global sweep soon, where they might randomly pick me without any reasoning.

>Why should one work hard if there is a high chance of some global sweep soon, where they might randomly pick me without any reasoning.

This seems like taking huge logical leaps. If a friend expressed mine expressed it I would recommend them talking to a therapist about their self sabotaging thinking and perhaps depression.

If there is a layoff and I am at risk, I would rather have hard work to show. If Im not laid off, I would rather have hard work to capitalize on the aftermath. If I am laid off, I would rather have good reputation with my network .

The thing is: These broad RIFs have very little to do with individual performance.

Exactly.

I do wonder how much of this is self-fulfilling atrophy. You're tired and sick, so you stay in bed. Then you get weak, making you more tired. Hopefully she can turn things around, regardless of underlying causes.

It sounds like for cases like hers, trying and pushing yourself to exercise only makes you weaker, not stronger. If you're curious, her channel has a number of videos about this.

I'll check that out.

I know when I'm recovering from an illness I need to push myself a bit to regain energy. But it also makes sense that its not a universal experience.

Better to ask why light is so slow...

When the cost of making a change gets close to zero, it's easy to keep fiddling endlessly...

This is a false dichotomy I think...

The difference in this case between a "founder" and a "manager" is more about understanding the nuts and bolts of the business and being able to lean on that understanding in ways that require you to cut through the org chart.

Is it surprising that leaders who don't understand a business and aren't willing to engage across the full depth/breadth of the business are less effective than those that try to treat everything as an abstract cashflow machine?

300ms is easy. Just build something that does what you want with the confidence that you can optimize it later.

That’s the goal.

Use case is dense, tabular front ends where users need to rapidly update cells and have business logic applied on the fly.

So far backend is responsive, but front end is taking 10 seconds to handle refreshes.

This is browser intensive two way sync.