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EPISODE · Jan 21, 2023 · 32 MIN

You get a layoff! And you get a layoff!

from The Lunduke Journal of Technology · host Bryan Lunduke

You can’t throw a rock without hitting news of a Tech Company doing yet another round of layoffs. Every day a new one. Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Salesforce, Meta… layoff after layoff after layoff.Let’s talk about exactly why this is happening — it’s been a long time in coming. And, if we’re being honest, we all know that it needs to happen.Lunduke Journal Monthly PDF - Exclusive Videos & Books - SubscriptionsSome recent Premium Lunduke Journal Articles you might enjoy:* Linux Foundation decreased Linux spending to 3.2% in 2022.* Firefox Money: Investigating the bizarre finances of Mozilla* Intel 8008: The wild tale of the first 8-Bit CPU* The CIA invests in these Tech companies* Report: Over 33 Million Desktop Linux users, worldwide* Commodore SX-64 -- The first color, portable computer (and the real story of the portable Amiga)* The incredibly boring, totally reasonable finances of the GNOME Foundation* The first UNIX Shell: 1971's Thompson Shell* The History of the First Computer Shell* The first smartphone: 1994's IBM Simon* Microsoft's "Revenue Bomb" of the early 1980s* 1982's Canon AS-100 Computer WorkstationLunduke.Locals.com - Lunduke on Twitter - Lunduke on LinkedIn This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe

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You can’t throw a rock without hitting news of a Tech Company doing yet another round of layoffs. Every day a new one. Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Salesforce, Meta… layoff after layoff after layoff.Let’s talk about exactly why this is happening —...

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