Maybe the second sentence is true but

> They are older and learn slower, they also learned a lot of biases over the years

Hasn’t this been disproven time and time again. And research has shown continuous learning helps to prevent or delay cognitive decline.

I don't see why that would contradict my statement. Yes learning is good, but it becomes harder as we age.

Can you tap into network of friends or family to meet new people?

Found the millionaire ;)

Agreed, nowhere near close to those numbers but kids, school, vacations, life, things just add up quickly.

“Well it was great meeting you, going to try and chat with some other folks now!”

It’s gotten really good, I prefer it to maps with directions

Won’t replace but can certainly augment doctor’s work

Steady stream of candidates in the pipeline?

There’s a lot of software being written in these big companies that never ship due to politics, deprioritization, product mismanagement, change in company directions etc.

There is also a lot of software that never ships because it’s intended to be internally used exclusively. 174 makes no distinction between internal/external products. I do not know if it makes a distinction between products and products-that-never-reach-market. I suspect it does not, since a core tenet of the regulation is that there must be some uncertainty of outcome in order to be research and development. Products that fail before reaching the market seem to fall in that zone of uncertainty and are likely deductible.

Ah yes, OSI layers 8 and 9.

On visa? Curious because that makes a big difference.

> Why lay-off instead of repurpose?

Appease investors probably

Generally to boost numbers for the quarter, it takes a while for the damage to propagate through the system after a mass firing (in terms of new code/features/products) but the profits increase instantly, appeasing investors who think only in terms of weeks and quarters.

I’m continually surprised that this tactic still works. It’s been rinsed and repeated so many times that the inevitable damage (and effect on the company financials) is practically boring.