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Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a Chinese spy balloon! It's … just a regular balloon. At least, here in London it is.
Do you live with your parents, reader? I don't. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and maybe I've made all the wrong life decisions.
It's Throw it Back Thursday, reader. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I'm just trying to make it to the weekend.
I get a lot of satisfaction out of what I do, but I'd love to work for the world's best employer. What does that even mean, though? What would the best employer in the world look like? What would make them so great?
I've been looking for a driver who is qualified, reader. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I'm a little rusty at driving after taking public transportation for so long. Driving at night is especially nerve-racking, because I keep getting blinded by the lights.
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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.
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Are you single and ready to mingle, reader? I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I'm not single but am always ready to mingle — in a professional sense, that is. Even if I were on the proverbial market, I'm not sure how much I'd want to rely on tech to find love.
Happy first-Monday-of-the-month. I'm Matt Weinberger, deputy editor of Insider's tech analysis team, filling in for Diamond Naga Siu.
What a week this was, reader. Meta, Apple, Amazon, and Alphabet all reported earnings over the last few days, and, well, the outlook is bleak. This is Matt Weinberger, deputy editor of Insider's tech analysis team and your host for today.
And I'm here to tell you that things in tech are going to get worse before they get better.
Leaked Amazon memo shows it only wants to hire students and new grads for entry-level software roles
Do you have layers and layers of bosses, reader? I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and long chains of command are pretty common at tech companies. But middle managers could be the latest layoff target in tech, especially after Mark Zuckerberg's latest reported comments.