Long live "SQOMCO"

> Operationally, we grew into a shape that was right for the last era and isn't right for this one.

"We did nothing wrong, but ended up in the wrong shape!"

Slop-opedia

i assure you they don't do that to be generous, they do it to get you to sign a piece of paper which reduces their legal risk profile

Yes but ... people will sign that paper for almost any severance. Consider the alternative (don't sign, get a lawyer etc) -- many folks will just sign to get whatever's on offer

read the article?

They were actually 10 haha, according to the article.

... so that the only people left doing those jobs are sycophants?

Incompetent sycophants

'Stacked PRs' are back on the menu with Claude, because changing something in PR1 isn't a massive time sync to get PR2-5 back in shape, as Claude can usually handle all of that for me.

might be worth it to keep Sam Altman from reading our AI generated fanfic

The cynic in me says this is a moral hazard waiting to happen, perhaps we'll raise speed limits and reduce traffic regulations until the stats match the pre-robo-taxi days.