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People are being evicted in cow hollow, teslas are being repossessed, adderall dealing has become an open air market in Mountain View. Lives are collapsing rn

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Noah Smith

@Noahpinion

· May 11

The wipeout in medium-big tech stocks means that a lot of engineers who thought they got paid $400k a year just found out they actually get paid $180k a year...

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7:00 AM · May 11, 2022Twitter for iPhone

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Meanwhile across the valley

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I saw a jr engineer refilling his Fiji bottle at a water fountain when he thought no one was looking. Heartbreaking to see the impoverished struggling to maintain their dignity right now.

Techno-Dharma Maximalist

@cto_junior

May 11

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@growing_daniel

Riots are happening in Google campus over refreshers. Uber engineers transitioning to gig economy. Meta engineers looting all the bose headphones from vending machines, still no takers for Oculus headset in the raid.

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