Focusing solely on surviving meetings can lead to challenges when dealing with both well-meaning and malicious colleagues in a corporate environment.
I’m creating a State of Spring [Framework] talk, just 20 minutes. The focus isn’t so much on the framework, but the community around it. This, of course, means Java too. Here’s some numbers. What do you think about the Spring and Java community and developers who use Spring and Java?
“Outside sad is better than inside sad.” Trees and sky.
“Give me just a second to think about what I need to be thinking about.”
You can probably do it with a spreadsheet.
“he ends the memoir discovering instagram and finding purpose in being an asshole on there.” weekly retro #40
Tech DEI programs on decline
Major employers including Meta and Google suspended minority hiring targets and dropped some references to “diversity, equity, and inclusion” from their websites and regulatory filings around the time of Trump’s order. Meta and Google also significantly reduced funding for DEI initiatives, such as events, training, and recruiting drives aimed at improving representation of minority groups, according to company announcements and employees.
🔗 Google, Microsoft, and Meta Have Stopped Publishing Workforce Diversity Data
"The core IT spending is now projected to hit $3.45 trillion"
“Gartner is now projecting that datacenter systems spending in 2025 will rise by 46.8 percent to $489.5 billion, which is an incremental $14.6 billion in spending in the datacenter for hardware and base systems software. The core IT spending is now projected to hit $3.45 trillion, an incremental $59.8 billion in spending and representing a 12.5 percent growth over the $3.06 trillion in core IT spending in 2024.”
🔗 Gartner Raises 2025 IT Spending Forecast, Puts Out 2026 Prediction - IT Jungle
Every generation thinks their decade had "real" culture and everything after is fake. The 90s kids say this about the 80s. The 2010s kids will say it about the 2000s. The pattern is so reliable it's boring. Culture isn't actually "worse" now. You just got older and stopped being the target demo.
“We guarantee that our placebos will help you regress to any mean, or else!” Taylor.