Happy V-Day (or Singles Awareness Day), reader — whatever you celebrate. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I'm just happy you're here. 3
I'm also just happy to be at Insider. Writing a newsletter like this was actually beyond anything I ever imagined. While maybe I should dream bigger, keeping expectations low could also be a good thing — people shouldn't dream of labor.
And that's a wake up call for many Gen Z workers who once aspired to work in Big Tech. My colleague Aki Ito reported how the cold, widespread handling of layoffs have changed the rosy perception of these companies. It's akin to how millennials viewed banking corporations during the 2008 recession.