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orangechairs commented on Intel's retreat is unlike anything it's done before in Oregon oregonlive.com/silicon-fo... · Posted by u/cbzbc

mandevil · 8 months ago

At least in the past, Intel owned a dozen 35-50 pax regional jets (https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Intel-Air-Shuttle-Airc...) and had regular scheduled flights back and forth between their Santa Clara, Phoenix, and Portland offices. (They now seem to be down to two- rise of Zoom?)

Note that these were NOT executive jets for C-suite, these were for all employees who had meetings at other locations (at least according to people I've met since I moved to AZ a few years ago to be near my in-laws).

orangechairs · 8 months ago

^^ Can corroborate. Intel had a fleet of airplanes for employee use commuting between sites. You did not have to be an exec or VP to fly.

orangechairs commented on Intel's retreat is unlike anything it's done before in Oregon oregonlive.com/silicon-fo... · Posted by u/cbzbc

jeffbee · 8 months ago

Hypothetically a glut of unemployed but highly skilled semiconductor people hanging around might kick off a wave of startup innovation.

orangechairs · 8 months ago

I am rooting for this to be the case, and frankly it should be, but typically the massive startup boom comes from companies IPOing (PayPal mafia, Google mafia, etc.). So much talent has been locked up at Intel, I'm hoping this is a liberation of sorts.

orangechairs commented on Intel's retreat is unlike anything it's done before in Oregon oregonlive.com/silicon-fo... · Posted by u/cbzbc

georgeburdell · 8 months ago

It’s a local piece, but are the layoffs even disproportionate with other sites?

orangechairs · 8 months ago

In Oregon, the layoffs were 3x-4x more than in AZ. What's kicked both regions in the teeth is that the layoffs were 4x-5x more than what Intel had stated. OregonLive has been reporting for weeks that 500+ Oregon Intel jobs were going to be cut -- they cut 2500 jobs. This is also round 3 (?) of Intel's layoffs in the last 12 months. It's massive and devastating.

orangechairs commented on Databricks acquires Neon databricks.com/blog/datab... · Posted by u/davidgomes

antruok · 10 months ago

I wonder why Singlestore has been so unpopular (at least I never hear about it). Quick guess is that HTAP itself isn’t a significant feature requirement, maybe just a cherry on top of other major db features.

orangechairs · 10 months ago

SingleStore (nee MemSQL) was/is niche -- great fit inside banks in particular.

orangechairs commented on Databricks acquires Neon databricks.com/blog/datab... · Posted by u/davidgomes

orangechairs · 10 months ago

How are Neon employees doing? Heard Neon laid off a few teams this week. That's fun. Anyone hear if their shares are worth anything in the acquisition?

orangechairs commented on India to conduct nationwide security drill today timesofindia.indiatimes.c... · Posted by u/orangechairs

orangechairs · 10 months ago

So many companies have massive teams in India -- tomorrow could be more like a mock drill of our globally distributed engineering systems.

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orangechairs commented on Fivetran to acquire Census fivetran.com/blog/why-fiv... · Posted by u/njaremko

orangechairs · 10 months ago

Anyone hear rumors of how much they were acquired for?

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