i.AI, a UK government unit offering a median salary of £67K to develop tools to improve civil service efficiency, is struggling to attract top talent
The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence unit spent less than half of its budget last year because of recruitment delays Bluesky: @matthewrussell and @theaudra77 Bluesky: @matthewrussell : Well yeah ...
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says the company used AI agents to replace the work of 200+ HR employees and, as a result, hired more programmers and salespeople
The tech company promises higher total employment as it reinvests resources toward roles like software development
Memo: Meta terminates major DEI programs, including for hiring, training, and procurement, citing a changed “legal and policy landscape” around DEI in the US
Meta is ending its DEI programs Bradley Cortright / New York Sun : Meta Abandons its DEI Programs Days Ahead of Trump's Inauguration Edith Olmsted / New Republic : Mark Zuckerberg Goes Full MAGA With ...
Sources: OpenAI hired ~1,000 remote contractors in the past six months, 60% for data labeling and 40% programmers to teach its models software engineering tasks
many humans — are building AI tools. They are not magical or simply the product of Silicon Valley elites https://www.semafor.com/... https://twitter.com/... @martinsfp : Generative A.I. is starting to...
US tech firms are outsourcing developer jobs to Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay, making it harder for Latin American startups to attract talent despite recent layoffs
Rest of World : Tweets: @restofworld , @cengizyar , and @alexgonzor Tweets: @restofworld : One founder in Mexico said hiring reminds her of the dating scene growing up in Cancún: “If you wanted a boy...
Tim Bray, a well known senior engineer and VP at Amazon, resigns after nearly six years, criticizing the company on his blog for firing protesting workers
’ says Google, Comcast, and Huawei got in touch Kelly Earley / Silicon Republic : Amazon exec quits after company fires employee activists Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill : Amazon VP resigns after firi...
A graduate of Slack's Next Chapter initiative, which helps former prison inmates land tech jobs, recounts how he managed to land a full-time job at the company
Jesse Aguirre's workday at Slack starts with a standard engineering meeting—programmers call them “standups”—where he and his co-workers plan the day's agenda. Tweets: @csinschools , @andrewnebus , @s...
A graduate of Slack's Next Chapter initiative, which helps former prison inmates land tech jobs, recounts how he managed to land a full-time job at the company
Jesse Aguirre's workday at Slack starts with a standard engineering meeting—programmers call them “standups”—where he and his co-workers plan the day's agenda. Thanks: @simonestolzoff
A detailed history of the important but under-recognized roles women have played in computer coding, from Ada Lovelace through to today
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Says Company ‘Never Overpromised’ on Watson A.I. Tweets: Stacey E. Singleton / @staceynycdc : When Wilkes talks to today's young coders, they are often shocked to learn that wome...
Andela, which trains and places African programmers to work remotely for US companies, raises $100M Series D from Al Gore's Generation Investment Management
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