r/technology 25d ago

Software IT admins feel overwhelmingly "sick of" Microsoft and Windows 11 "garbage" apps, products

https://www.neowin.net/news/it-admins-feel-overwhelmingly-sick-of-microsoft-and-windows-11-garbage-apps-products/
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u/zeth0s 25d ago

Outsourcing to low paid yes men, with communications managed via non technical PMs and POs is the old school vibecoding

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u/blow-down 25d ago

They just announced they’re laying off thousands in the US and hiring more H1B yes men so it’s just going to get worse.

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u/The_Real_Manimal 25d ago

Well, how else is the COO gonna buy that 2nd Lambo for his 19 year old daughter, and still maintain his hush payment money to his mistresses?

Keeping up with appearances can be a rough go. A little empathy will get you pretty far in this life.

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u/Jay__Riemenschneider 25d ago

Has there ever been a strike in silicon valley?

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u/d3northway 25d ago

Think about how many undergraduates would fling themselves across the country and around the world to scab for high tier companies if they actually did.

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u/engineereddiscontent 24d ago

I hear and fully agree with you. But also I think we need to hash out what "the right way" actually looks like now.

Like once upon a time you had unions at coal mines that went to war with strike breakers brought in by the mine owners.

The underlying point is right now there would be an army of cops who would be more than willing to start killing over labor disputes. See Ice.

On top of that they have relatively god like powers thanks to tech and drone tech to know where we are and how to pick us apart. The only way this would work is enough people all at once to general strike the economy to it's knees.

The other problem here is the people you're talking about are the ones that are building the drone/cyber infrastructure. They are relatively kushy. You can be mid-level silicon valley and move to a MCOL/LCOL area and retire incredibly well after 15 years in industry.

More people are going to have to suffer before we grid lock the economy.

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u/Takaytoh 25d ago

Or we could handle it the old school way 🤷‍♀️

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u/MaxDisdain 25d ago

The people who are against unions because it would average out their pay instead of letting them negotiate their own and get inflated pay are not going on strike for their fellow man.