Hacker News with Generative AI: Technology Industry

The good times in tech are over (seangoedecke.com)
For most of the last decade, being a software engineer has been a lot of fun. Every company offered lots of perks, layoffs and firings were almost unheard of, and in general we were treated as special little geniuses who needed to be pampered so we could work our magic. That’s changed in the last two years.
A layoff fundamentally changed how I perceive work (mertbulan.com)
It happened on the afternoon of May 4th. A message from a colleague—who has since become a good friend—popped up on my screen, urging me to check my emails. When I opened my inbox, there it was: an email from the COO. The email announced an impending company-wide layoff and mentioned that, within a few minutes, I’d receive another email letting me know whether I was impacted. A short while later, the second email arrived.
Tech giants set to pay through the nose for nuclear power thats still years away (theregister.com)
Nuclear power contracts signed by hyperscalers show they're desperate for reliable "clean and green" energy sources to feed their ever-expanding datacenter footprints, however, investment bank Jefferies warns that these tech giants are likely to end up paying over the odds to get it.
The movement to diversify Silicon Valley is crumbling amid attacks on DEI (washingtonpost.com)
How long can tech not hire? [video] (youtube.com)
The end of non-compete agreements is a tech job earthquake (computerworld.com)