2023-06-10
On the one hand, I have such sympathy for folks who survive layoffs and am keenly aware of what cuts do to confidence and your sense of security in an industry. On the other hand, I remember how we got the “pivot to video.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Washington Post
Source: a Meta survey in May 2023 found that 26% of employees expressed confidence in leadership and 43% said they felt valued, vs. 31% and 58% in October 2022
2022-06-16
A 2020 program aimed to improve internet access for millions of Americans. The twist? For much of the (largely rural) area covered this was the second or third time such a program tried to bring them up to speed. https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Analysis: 50%+ of the areas covered by the FCC's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund had been fully or partially covered by at least one prior US broadband program
Flaws in government programs have left some residents behind — The U.S. government has spent billions of dollars on several rounds … Tweets: @karlbode , @dannydougherty , @ryanjt...
2022-02-17
As a person who tweets about stats and has coded in a dozen language I get these (esp. to LinkedIn) & increasingly they feel *actually* targeted to my skills, so it really seems like recruiters are definitely doing more work to match candidates these days https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
A look at tech recruitment issues as the US unemployment rate for tech workers is 1.7% and 0.2% for cybersecurity experts, well below 4% for the general economy
Recruiters in tech are desperate for workers. But candidates are the ones who hold all the power.
2022-01-31
It increasingly feels like everyone wishing to be “the Uber of [x]” is doing it on monkeys' paws https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
A look at the fight between six rapid grocery delivery startups in NYC, which have raised $5.5B+ since 2020; sources say some are losing $20/order on average
2021-12-28
I think there are a lot worse ways that data miners could target folks in crisis, but this also doesn't feel like the witnessing I've known https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Profile of Gloo, which has ~245M profiles on Americans and is used by 30K+ churches, or 10% of US churches, to target ad campaigns at people facing a crisis
Khadeeja Safdar / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @amywebb , @anthony , @hypervisible , @benjaminpdixon , @brianstelter , @uhactually , @evilgalprods , @zoebritton , @tonyajoriley ,...