So that puts everyone in a cautious mode because of the lack of predictability about not only the next day or the next week, but what the next month is going to be. When my boys were young, I remember in soccer they would line them up and teach them to get into a crouch so you could react to the ball. I feel like that’s what all these businesses are doing right now,
Q: We have seen thousands upon thousands of layoffs at major tech companies in recent weeks. Do you think this will be a prime opportunity for smaller tech firms to add talent? A: I was recently at a good friend’s 60th birthday party that had an interesting group there and everyone was talking about cutbacks. What I heard from the venture investors who were there is that they are in a more conservative mode just because they are trying to preserve cash for their existing portfolio . So you just look at number of new companies being funded, I think that number will go down. And that means there will be less of a call for new talent.
A: The interesting thing about something like Yahoo is there is still significant residual value in brands like that. I don’t know the specifics, but I think if you look at AOL, which was sort of the original internet, there is still a significant number of people with AOL email. There are habits that get formed and alliances that continue.
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Alot of technology companies are firing/turning off/ destroying robots-- I repeat robots I personally am one of them, not a robot-- that is
who gives a fuck