Tag: Career
Why Are People Who Leave Big Tech So Useless?
A cutting remark supposedly from Sam Altman has been making the rounds online: by the time people leave a big company, their ambition, aspiration, and capacity to think have withered to almost nothing. Tell one of them about something that could …
A cutting remark supposedly from Sam Altman has been making the rounds online: by the time people leave a big company, their ambition, aspiration, and capacity to think have withered to almost nothing. Tell one of them about something that could …
The Bojie Li–DeepSeek Interview Controversy
Today’s biggest tech drama began when Bojie Li criticized DeepSeek’s interview process on Twitter. In short, he went in for an interview, was asked to solve online-judge coding problems, and was then suspected of cheating. Add the DeepSeek name, and …
Today’s biggest tech drama began when Bojie Li criticized DeepSeek’s interview process on Twitter. In short, he went in for an interview, was asked to solve online-judge coding problems, and was then suspected of cheating. Add the DeepSeek name, and …
AI Was the Excuse for 4,000 Layoffs. Software Engineer Hiring Rose 11%
Yesterday brought a bombshell. Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s Block cut 40% of its staff in one stroke. More than 4,000 people are leaving, shrinking the workforce from over 10,000 to fewer than 6,000. The explanation, of course, was AI. Dorsey went …
Yesterday brought a bombshell. Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s Block cut 40% of its staff in one stroke. More than 4,000 people are leaving, shrinking the workforce from over 10,000 to fewer than 6,000. The explanation, of course, was AI. Dorsey went …
A New Year—and What AI Will Change
Original WeChat post For this generation of knowledge workers, the greatest danger is not that they “don’t know how to use AI.” It is that they still think they have a 20-year adjustment window. They don’t. We may be the first generation of …
Original WeChat post For this generation of knowledge workers, the greatest danger is not that they “don’t know how to use AI.” It is that they still think they have a 20-year adjustment window. They don’t. We may be the first generation of …
MySQL and Baijiu: The Internet’s Obedience Test
1. Two Painful Shots Remember your first sip of baijiu? It scorched down your throat like a wire of fire. Your face contorted, eyes watered, stomach flipped. Every instinct screamed: this isn’t food, it’s poison. The senior at the table grinned: …
1. Two Painful Shots Remember your first sip of baijiu? It scorched down your throat like a wire of fire. Your face contorted, eyes watered, stomach flipped. Every instinct screamed: this isn’t food, it’s poison. The senior at the table grinned: …
When Answers Become Abundant, Questions Become the New Currency
Answers are depreciating, and your ability to ask questions determines your position in the AI era. Kevin Kelly once said: “In the future, asking questions will be more valuable than answering them. When answers become commodities, good questions are …
Answers are depreciating, and your ability to ask questions determines your position in the AI era. Kevin Kelly once said: “In the future, asking questions will be more valuable than answering them. When answers become commodities, good questions are …
Where Will Databases and DBAs Go in the AI Era?
The day before yesterday at the HOW 2025 conference roundtable, Chairman Xiao asked some interesting questions about AI, databases, and DBAs. Here are Feng’s views, organized and published. OLTP / OLAP: Who Gets Revolutionized First? Question: In …
The day before yesterday at the HOW 2025 conference roundtable, Chairman Xiao asked some interesting questions about AI, databases, and DBAs. Here are Feng’s views, organized and published. OLTP / OLAP: Who Gets Revolutionized First? Question: In …
Why Study Database Principles
Our school offers a database systems principles course. But I’m still confused. From the first few classes, the teacher started with a bunch of mind-numbing terms and concepts. I thought knowing “how to design and build tables” and “how to perform …
Our school offers a database systems principles course. But I’m still confused. From the first few classes, the teacher started with a bunch of mind-numbing terms and concepts. I thought knowing “how to design and build tables” and “how to perform …