Education: Earn a grad degree to be taken seriously
The CEO of Rivian said he got his Ph.D. so people would take his thoughts seriously.
AI-powered “sleep”
Now you need AI and thousands of dollars to sleep. And pay an annual subscription fee too!
AI: Not really – “Builder.ai’s $1.5B rise and collapse highlights fragility of AI boom”
Builder.AI was a fraud.
Career: Good advice for getting promoted
This short article has simple, good advice for getting promoted. May not work in all orgs but the advice is sound.
Economy: “In China, the master’s degree is the new bachelor’s degree”
Basically the same in the U.S. too, by the numbers versus how things were in the past.
Education: As more people get advanced degrees, the value is less
Has the value of a Master's degree gone down? Perhaps.
Aviation: Delta hopes to use AI to likely have you pay more for flights
Delta intends to use AI to figure out how to price each seat, per customer, differently, based on their estimate of your willingness to pay.
Economy: “toughest job market”
The unemployment rate today is 4.2%, well below levels seen in the past. It's tougher than recent years but hardly a disaster.
Business: Microsoft lays off workers and applies for 6,300 H-1B temporary work visas
This does not look good.
Computer Science: Job market for CS grads weakens
Says CS enrollment is falling, AI is taking jobs, and the job market has gone bust.