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STATE OF THE TECH JOB MARKET IN 2026 Twice a year, I dig into trends in hiring and job openings. This is the fifth report I've done, and the most surprising yet: 1. PMs are winning in the AI era 2. Engineering demand has stalled 3. Design openings are at a record low 4. Every role now requires AI skills 5. Tech jobs are concentrating in the Bay Area 6. Remote roles are at a record low 7. The tech job market is growing fast, but mostly outside of software (gasp!) Full report here: lennysnewsletter.com/p/state…

Nikesh Arora runs Palo Alto Networks, one of the most successful cybersecurity companies in the world. Over the past 5 years, the company has completed 11 M&A transactions. This is how he executes integration for the rollups in every single deal as CEO. Must listen for anyone in SMB M&A or private equity Instead of communicating through bankers and lawyers, he sits down with the founder of the business he is acquiring and creates a joint product road map within 30 days According to him, this was one of the biggest lessons that he took far too long to learn. If the founder you are acquiring has a different vision than you, the deal will never ultimately work Until the product roadmap is signed by the founder, there are no definitive term sheets signed. The founder always retains the right to pull the plug on the deal. But doing it this way prevents a lot of bad headaches down the line From his conversation with David Senra

A rare glimpse ✨ A young Rahul with a curious mind . Asking questions, across the table from his grandmother, Indira Gandhi. ❤️

yes. jensen's daughter used to travel with him and even take pictures for the couple. plus, US considers AI to be more critical than nuclear. all AI ceos can be assumed to be watched by US intel. they definitely watch all AI chip shipments too. nothing goes unnoticed.

இதை அரசியல்வாதியாக சொல்கிறீர்களா @americai அல்லது ஸ்ரீ வைஷ்ணவராக சொல்கிறீர்களா?! எப்படிச் சொன்னாலும் தலையில் களிமண் இருப்பவன் தான் ஹரியும் சிவனும் ஒன்று என்பான். சைவர்களும் ஏற்க மாட்டார்கள் வைஷ்ணவர்களும் ஏற்கமாட்டார்கள். இப்படிச் சொன்னால் பெரிய ஞானவான் என்றும் பகுத்தறிவாதி என்றும் பரந்த மனப்பான்மை உள்ளவன் என்றும் ஊர் நினைக்கும் என்று நீங்கள் நினைத்தால்... ஐயோ பாவம். ஜெய் ஸ்ரீ ராம்!

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s admitted extramarital affair with a Singapore-based data-center executive identified by U.S. intelligence as a Chinese asset is making headlines because of its multi-layered implications for geopolitics, global supply chains, corporate governance and financial markets. The affair also fits a familiar pattern in foreign espionage: the use of romantic or sexual relationships (so-called “honeytraps”) to cultivate trust, obtain intelligence or compromise high-profile targets. Western intelligence agencies have long warned that Chinese intelligence services employ non-traditional collection methods, including exploiting personal vulnerabilities, offering financial inducements and cultivating romantic relationships to gain access to corporate secrets, proprietary technology and sensitive government information.

Google should probably be more mindful of who they hire. My flatmate works at Google and brings home 1L cans of milk, fruits and God knows what else from the office. It’s been three days since she returned from home, and she’s already managed to occupy the entire fridge. Yes, Google lets you take food home. But that doesn’t mean basic civic sense and consideration for people you live with should go out the window. wtf google hire better people please or else people will look down at you.

SC stays Madras HC judgement relating to Sabhanayagar temple

And electrical equipment, cooling, networking and batteries

Please read this carefully. I have been highlighting that extreme sports including marathons and HYROX are serious sporting challenges which are being marketed lightly as sport and movement for all. Participants do not know enough about pre and post race preps and risks.

I thought that was by design since they got this income tax system that punishes extra income above a certain threshold.

Where to hide if you are afraid of AI? Well, in Asia, it's Indian equities. By sector, it's healthcare. Ha! Indonesia is not a place to hide despite no AI.

1/16 the ai industry is making an unusual bet: buy compute for years, sell intelligence by the token. banks, commodity merchants, airlines, utilities and cloud providers each explain a different part of the risk.

if all 60,000 employees took this buyout do you think you would notice any difference at all in Microsoft’s products? you wouldn’t. big tech is massively overstaffed.

I think many of us working in tech tend to forget that the reason software engineering vs other engineering fields pays (a lot!) more, is a lot more flexible (WFH/remote), and has better perks: Because this field changes much faster than other engineering fields. The premium is because fewer people are able/willing to pick up new technologies, methodologies so quickly. But the field had ~10-20 years of stability, and so lots of folks forgot this is why a premium exists. And that AI is just another tech wave: software engineers who pick it up and master it will generally fare better; those not will struggle a lot more.

இப்படி பொசுக்குனு பஞ்சாயத்தை முடிச்சு விட்டாரே, இப்போ என்னத்த கூவி அடுத்த மாநில தலைவர் பதவிக்கு அடி போடுவது என சிலர் தீவிர அலோசனையில் ஈடுபட்டுள்ளதாக காதுவழி செய்தி வருகிறது.

I agree with Annamalai. Whether or not one agrees with the CJP, they have every right to protest peacefully. In 2011, Modi was outraged when a Congress government in Delhi cracked down on peaceful protesters. Today his own government is in Delhi, and the Delhi Police are doing the same. This is not about Modi or the BJP. Congress did it then, and whoever comes next will do it too. Power always looks dangerous when someone else holds it, and reasonable when you hold it yourself. An ACP sitting as magistrate in a case filed by his own police is not a bug. It is how a centralized system protects those in power from ordinary people, rather than the other way around. That is why we should never trust any leader with such power, irrespective of the party in power. The moral of the story: The politician who fights for your rights in opposition is almost never the one who protects those rights when in power.

Try rioting in Singapore! See what happens!

Decoding: Inception - You can plant an idea in someone’s mind without them realizing it, and psychology has documented exactly how for over 50 years. It’s not mind control or dream-sharing like the movie Inception. It’s a mix of priming, suggestion, framing, and memory reconstruction, techniques so effective that people will defend a completely fabricated belief as their own, complete with genuine emotion attached. ----------------- She did not predict his future. She literally planted an idea in his sub-conscious; after many years he came to the exact point where everything matches as per the idea planted in his sub-conscious. This is not magic. This is pure psycho-analysis. Ancient Indian rishis and seers mastered this technique. Perhaps, they can do this technique from miles away. And yes, this can be done to anyone. The whole movie 'Inception' is about this technique.

Okay, so it's just compressed air. Easier. But crappy specific impulse (less than 50 seconds). Even assuming that 50% of the mass of the car is the compressed air, that gives you less than 10s of useful thrust (with thrust-to-weight ratio larger than 1.0). Probably more like 5 seconds, actually. So the car must be an empty, lightweight shell containing big compressed air tanks. Cute demo, but totally impractical. But of course, you knew that.