Longi
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The job market in tech in Germany seems to be pretty tough right now.
Maybe I'm in a bubble, but I'm seeing lots of folks, engineering leaders, PMs, developers, who struggle to find jobs right now.
Unemployed for months. "Open to work"-badge on LinkedIn.
They all had cushy 6-figure positions before and can't find anything right now.
Are these isolated or something you can see as well?
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@JennyDH12 @HazelAppleyard She’s 50 not a boomer. Get your definitions right
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@HazelAppleyard We cannot declare that boomers are hoarding all their money/property for their retirement instead of helping their kids succeed while simultaneously declaring that their kids shouldn’t be their retirement plan. You can’t have it both ways.
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@JodiOnTheCouch @elonmusk @pmarca That’s what they said about introducing weekends, and worker rights, and 8 hour work, and nuclear energy and computer and internet and …
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AI employment doomerism is rooted in the socialist fallacy of lump of labor. It is wrong now for the same reason it’s always been wrong. More people really should try to learn about this. The AI will teach you about it if you ask!
(Hinton is a socialist. youtube.com/shorts/R-b8RR6…)

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Stephen Pimentel@StephenPiment
It’s easy to dunk on Geoffrey Hinton for his 2016 declaration that it was “completely obvious” that radiologists would have no jobs within 5 years, while in fact, the number of radiologists has grown. But this prediction was more than a simple mistake. It’s a synedoche for the entire discourse of AI timelines and doom.
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@Kekius_Sage Work more for less pay.
Who is AI really helping?
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they still haven’t found the driver who hit the Muslim woman in a hit and run targeted attack 2 weeks ago. Nor has it been reported on by the BBC.
BBC Breaking News@BBCBreaking
Two men, 47 and 45, arrested in connection with arson attack on ambulances owned by Jewish charity in London bbc.in/4lPcvNx
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@Judeemma @crescentmoontea That’s hilarious 🤣 I see how it’s comparable to average market rent £1400, or 2000 in London
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@Longi111 @crescentmoontea Hi! I also paid rent when I stayed with my parents after uni, 35quid a week if I recall. A lot of people do this so you can shove your box of chocolates comment.
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I'm sorry, everyone, I lied to you. I don't get £600/month. I actually get £614/month because of the super secret Universal Credit bonus that only this Twitter user knows about. I will now go flagellate myself in the town square to atone for my sins.

DiSoRiEnTeD1@DiSoRiEnTeD110
@crescentmoontea You’re full of shit if you think we believe this. We KNOW what you actually get. And then on top of that the fraudsters on UC get cheaper tariffs on water, electricity, gas, etc. You’re foul.
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@Don_Limme @londonHenryGB There is also no other loan you can take on to the tune of 100k+ no questions asked without any income, analysing your risk profile, or asking you “will this investment yield you profit”? So stop not calling it a loan. 98% people don’t default on their loans
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@Longi111 @londonHenryGB Then this is not a loan. There’s no other debt in this world that you can’t default on, none, nada. Stop calling it a loan
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@Don_Limme @londonHenryGB Because everyone would be defaulting from get go, obviously. You’re straight out of college it’s rational to default on 100k loan… you slate will be clean in 10 years. OR people with worthless degrees would be defaulting. You need market to dictate what degrees should be taught
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@Longi111 @londonHenryGB There’s this little thing you forgot. A consumer loan can be defaulted on, this doesn’t! Capisce?
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@londonHenryGB No we’re not talking. It can just be consumer loan as I pointed out. It doesn’t matter how much taxes you pay. You borrow money, and pay the principal and interest. Just like with any other loan/mortgage. It’s simple concept. You can afford it, if someone can’t it’s their problem
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@Longi111 I’m paying back £90k on £27k principle.
Even if my earnings stagnate at what I’m on now, that will afford me to pay probably £1.5M in taxes over my lifetime of working.
Is that not enough to pay?
Now we are talking, right?
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