Silent layoffs of big amount of senior engineers
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Netapp H1B Software Engineer $350K
@cf Ooooh. Sounds interesting.
@a3 Name a conference room and a time, and I'll give you a guided tour of the intricacies of the English language.
@b5 Don't worry. You'll soon be replaced by it. It does gudderer English. ;-)
@b3 It pays to remember that more people have been laid off from Netapp than are employed today. You're not the first; you won't be the last.
@b1 pretty good for a non native 😀
@b1 glad to know that you can use ChatGPT
- I thought from my post if was pretty clear that I was laid off today. 2. I thought this thread was not about finessing the English but about corporate layoffs. 3. Apparently you cannot even read English: I said I am better than many, not that I am better than most. 4. Probably explaining to you what "empathy" means would be a total waste of time. 5. Enjoy yourself
@b0 presumably you understand the difference between "engineer" and "programmer", yeah?
@ay "if English proficiency WERE a requirement then all the offices outside of the states would be empty. [PERIOD, end of sentence] [New sentence] Either you are ignorant or have no knowledge about how THE industry works. Look up [two words] the word engineering in THE dictionary. I have seen a lot of pretentious and loquacious people who are good for nothing."
There; fixed it for you.
@az industry estimates suggest that 60% to 70% of engineering and technical roles in major US-based tech hubs are held by individuals who do not speak English as a native language. Google, meta, Tesla …
What’s your point? Are you struggling with articulation ?
@ay Even better: I looked up "Engineering at Netapp".
"Since Netapp hasn't produced a new product in 10 years, Engineering at Netapp is primarily sustaining and support. English proficiency not required, otherwise no one would want to work at Netapp"
@ax if English proficiency is a requirement then all the offices outside of the states would be empty, either you are ignorant or have no knowledge about how industry works. Lookup the word engineering in dictionary. I have seen a lot of pretentious and loquacious people who are good for nothing.
@a4 Not really. The point being that the only "engineers" still at Netapp are illiterate and couldn't find a job anywhere else.
@aj no, what's disgusting is that (a) you're still at Netapp and (b) that you think you're better than "most US born engineers".
@ap you can blame a3 for it
@aj "However, I am pretty sure that I am better than many US born engineers." Thats pretty much the problem here. Thinking you're better than everyone else.
I am one of those senior engineers. I am not the author of the original post, but English is not my first language. However, I am pretty sure that I am better than many US born engineers. In any case, commenting on language when these things happen is disgusting.
@a3 wow that was unnecessary.
@OP "layoffs of big amount of senior engineers". Wow! You do gud english! Are you one of those "senior engineers"? Netapp sure has fallen far.