Microsoft to Lay Off About 9,000 Employees : technology

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 38 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

If microsoft stopped producing anything today, they would still make billions per year for many years

[–] Humanius@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

They would, but eventually their competition will overtake them and they will start losing customers and market share. They have to innovate at least a little bit if they wish to stay in the dominant market position that they are in.

[–] fittedsyllabi@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago

To the 9,000, don’t go back if they ask you to. Seriously.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago

FYI, this is old news. Layoffs have happened

[+] Carvex@lemmy.world -51 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

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[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 65 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Nah as far as I'm aware the CEO is not resigning and there are no leadership changes. They're mostly laying off artists from game studios, software QA, testers, devs they think they can replace with AI vibe coding etc.

[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Stripping the copper wiring from the walls.

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 8 points 20 hours ago

That's such a good analogy

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

they think they can replace with AI vibe coding etc

The way Microsoft products feel they really can.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

I've read that windows 11 uses react (a JavaScript view framework) for parts of the UI, and that seems insane to me. JavaScript isn't a great language. It's popular because it runs in the browser. The windows desktop is not a browser.

[–] fluckx@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Win11 start menu is a react native component.

Users report that clicking the Start button can spike CPU usage by 30% to 70% on at least one core, depending on the hardware configuration. The issue doesn't occur consistently across all systems, with some users noting it happens in about 50% of clicks.

Quotes from: https://winaero.com/windows-11-start-menu-revealed-as-resource-heavy-react-native-app-sparks-performance-concerns/

[–] ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyz 2 points 14 hours ago

I hate the auto-hide feature of the start menu. It doesn't work right. I started using Bazzite/KDE, and it's done correctly there.

[–] GeekyOnion@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago

Well, given the goal is to turn Windows into a cloud-hosted, on-demand subscription service, it makes perfect sense.

[–] invertedspear@lemmy.zip 3 points 18 hours ago

It’s popular because it has an insanely low barrier to entry, so that’s what gets taught in schools and boot camps. Then that’s all Jr devs know entering the work force. Companies don’t invest in mentoring juniors and cultivating talent anymore, so as the seniors get poached, retire, or move into later stages of their career, JS is the only skill left.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

TBH the software QA team wasn't doing much all these years.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 22 points 1 day ago

TBH they fired the QA team a long time ago.

No, really, that's not a joke: They actually fucking did this.

[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 41 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

That would be the C-suite.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 17 points 21 hours ago

That is definitely the C-suite

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 15 points 1 day ago

The people who make the products shit are probably in leadership, so their jobs are fine. Even if they run the company into the ground, they'll still be fine with their golden parachutes, already vast wealth, and uncanny ability to fail upward.

[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 14 points 19 hours ago

No that’d be the executives, you dickhead. Hey - please remember to breathe.

[+] 0x0@lemmy.zip -55 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh no...
Anyway

[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 14 points 19 hours ago

0x0 must be for 0 compassion and 0 IQ.

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