Layoffs and offshoring. of course I have a personal stake in this :)
I'm not saying that there's no talent overseas, precisely the opposite. Offshoring has been tried since the 90s and it works to some extent. I expect (hope) things to rebalance once cheaper money becomes available again. Things will probably won't be the same as before, but it'll probably be a net benefit with the wealth being spread around the world.
It's funny, as an American in this economy, I was only able to find work by applying abroad, and eventually ended up working for a European company.
They pay less than the American ones did, but my god, it's so much nicer to work with them... small team, no bullshit meetings or stupid rituals, just a bunch of friendly, highly competent people. Makes me really want to move to Europe.
I wish we didn't have the borders we did, and people could just live anywhere without visas and such...
Offshoring will go quite similar to how work from home did. In fact, remote work is a prerequisite. It'll cycle for the same reasons. Same goes for outsourcing things to AI, even when the AI can do the work 50% better than a human.
VR for the masses. I'm sure it will progressively find more niches as the hardware and use cases mature. But as a mass computing medium ? and with a headset ? Nope (Sorry Apple)
I believe we will have to wait for the intersection of Holography [1] and Generative video AI [2] to mature (15-30 years ?)
[+] [-] tra3|2 years ago|reply
I'm not saying that there's no talent overseas, precisely the opposite. Offshoring has been tried since the 90s and it works to some extent. I expect (hope) things to rebalance once cheaper money becomes available again. Things will probably won't be the same as before, but it'll probably be a net benefit with the wealth being spread around the world.
[+] [-] solardev|2 years ago|reply
They pay less than the American ones did, but my god, it's so much nicer to work with them... small team, no bullshit meetings or stupid rituals, just a bunch of friendly, highly competent people. Makes me really want to move to Europe.
I wish we didn't have the borders we did, and people could just live anywhere without visas and such...
[+] [-] muzani|2 years ago|reply
[+] [-] CrypticShift|2 years ago|reply
I believe we will have to wait for the intersection of Holography [1] and Generative video AI [2] to mature (15-30 years ?)
[1] https://blog.google/technology/research/project-starline/ [2] https://tech.facebook.com/reality-labs/2019/3/codec-avatars-...
[+] [-] pbkompasz|2 years ago|reply
[+] [-] mrks_|2 years ago|reply
In all seriousness I think the recent advancements are groundbreaking but will plateau soon
[+] [-] b20000|2 years ago|reply