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FreezingRobot t1_jef15c9 wrote

Yea, I used to work for Gartner Events 20 years ago, and it was eye-popping to see the major tech companies drop million dollar contracts with us as soon as the event was announced. Apparently they thought the ROI for that was really good, but I can't see that nowadays.

Another thing about E3 was it was mostly aimed at the press and other tech companies. I think a lot of these exhibitors realized that a lot of gamers generally don't trust the press anymore for reviews and would rather see games first hand or through word of mouth.

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jas26 OP t1_jeezr6w wrote

Stan Deal, the CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, said that 737 MAX production will be increased above its current level of 31 jets per month. He also said the company is working with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to wrap up the final certification of the new 737 MAX 7 model.

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thatsnot_kawaii_bro t1_jeez1tk wrote

My problem with that though is (at least with a lot of the big names) the teams are too big that there is a chance they are distributed significantly. Even as a new hire you can end up in a situation where you are in one location and your seniors are in a completely different state/country.

That happened previously at one job and it was not a fun experience, especially since I kept being told how important it was to go to office to learn. Meanwhile all my team/sister-team/step-team members are in another state/country.

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ACCount82 t1_jeeyno7 wrote

The thing with Maxar, etc, is the question: what happens if SpaceX just decides to add an extra Earth-facing sensor bay to every single new Starlink sat?

Because the next step for SpaceX would be to start putting hardware that directly undercuts Maxar and others into those bays. Anyone who's doing smallsats should be extremely concerned by the possibility.

SpaceX is already getting in on that MIC game with Starshield - a series of customizable Starlink-derived sats that SpaceX has reportedly offered to Pentagon at bargain prices. So they clearly are trying to get into new market segments, and they aren't subtle about it.

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DevAway22314 t1_jeeyded wrote

I have a coworker required to go into the office. He is the only person on our team of 8 that has to. He was hired before COVID, so was never labelled "full remote". He also is the only one close enough to be hit with the RTO policy

He has to do remote work all day (our systems are all SaaS or in a data center elsewhere). All his meetings are on Teams, with everyone else being remote or in another office

It was never about productivity. It's just layoffs by another name

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