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Time of India
6 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Elon Musk posts a meme on LinkedIn headquarters with a line urging Iran not to bomb the 'secret ...'
Tesla CEO has made a kinda vibrant return to Twitter with his signature wit, just days after stepping away from his advisory role at the White House. Known for his unfiltered and sometimes provocative posts, Elon Musk has been actively posting on current events. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now In the backdrop of the ongoing Iran-Israel tension, Elon Musk posted a meme on Microsoft-owned professional networking website LinkedIn. The LinkedIn meme comes amid a flurry of Musk's recent Twitter activity, where he's commented on everything from technological advancements to international tensions. Elon Musk shared a meme that seems to be taking an aim at LinkedIn's corporate culture, which he has not been very fond of. The photo featured LinkedIn's headquarters with a cheeky caption: Urging Iran not to bomb 'the secret nuclear facility.' The post, dripping with Musk's characteristic sarcasm, sparked a wave of reactions across Twitter, with users chiming in on the joke. While some saw it as a lighthearted jab at LinkedIn's buttoned-up reputation, others interpreted it as Elon Musk poking fun at the platform's self-seriousness in the professional world. Elon Musk is not a fan of LinkedIn and has publicly criticized the platform, calling posts on it "unbearably cringe". He has stated that he loses respect for people who post on LinkedIn. Replying to a Twitter user's post on LinkedIn, Musk wrote, "Replying to the post, the billionaire wrote on X, "People send me LinkedIn links sometimes, but the cringe level is so high that I just can't bring myself to use it, so I ask for the resume or bio to be emailed. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now We will make sure that the X competitor to LinkedIn is cool." In another comment, Musk wrote, "LinkedIn is actually the most cringe platform on the internet." While Elon Musk doesn't have a personal LinkedIn account, his companies, Tesla, SpaceX, and X (formerly Twitter) are active on the platform.
AU Financial Review
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- AU Financial Review
He's the godfather of Microsoft's AI push. Here are his next big calls
Call it the parable of the snake. Back in May 2023, Thomas Dohmke, the chief executive of the Microsoft-owned developer platform GitHub, gave a speech in Brazil where he performed what he thought at the time was a neat trick. Live on stage, he used GitHub's artificial intelligence tool for coders, called CoPilot, to create a simple Snake computer game, like we all used to play on our Nokia phones.
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Monster and CareerBuilder, once popular with job seekers, file for bankruptcy
Monster and CareerBuilder, once two of the most popular websites for job seekers at the height of the dot-com era, have filed for bankruptcy. The two sites, which merged last year to become one entity named Monster + CareerBuilder, voluntary filed for Chapter 11 Tuesday, announcing that the company is selling various parts of its businesses to several buyers as part of a court-supervised process, a press release said. Monster and CareerBuilder were some of the biggest companies in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with the former brand so popular that it often bought Super Bowl commercials promoting its services. However, both have fallen out of favor for job hunters with the rise of competitors like Indeed, Glassdoor and Microsoft-owned LinkedIn in recent years. Jeff Furman, CEO of CareerBuilder + Monster, said in statement that its 'business has been affected by a challenging and uncertain macroeconomic environment' and determined that 'initiating this court-supervised sale process is the best path toward maximizing the value of our businesses and preserving jobs.' The most recognizable part of CareerBuilder and Monster — their job boards — is being sold to JobGet, a platform for gig and hourly workers searching for jobs. Monster Government Services, which provides software to state and federal governments, is being sold to Canadian-based Valsoft Corporation. Also, its media division — the two companies own and — is being sold to Canadian media company Valnet. All purchases require court approval, with the sales subject to higher offers. Furman said the company is 'making difficult but necessary decisions to reduce costs and help ensure a seamless transition of our businesses,' including layoffs. It has received $20 million in financing to keep operating during the bankruptcy process. Monster and CareerBuilder, once rivals, merged last year with private equity firm Apollo Global Management taking a minority stake in the company. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
India Today
25-06-2025
- Business
- India Today
GitHub CEO says goal of future engineers is different, AI won't take their jobs if they can do this
As the tech industry races to integrate artificial intelligence into every corner of software development, the role of engineers is evolving. Many companies are even cutting back on hiring entry-level developers, aiming to automate work wherever possible using AI. This change, however, is raising questions about the future of junior engineers and whether companies still need them when AI can write code. According to GitHub CEO, Thomas Dohmke, AI can never replace junior engineers. In fact for him the fresh talent is more adaptable in the changing world. advertisementIn a recent interview with The Pragmatic Engineer, the head of Microsoft-owned GitHub pushed back against the narrative that companies are replacing junior engineers with AI. Instead, he argues that amid the AI transformation, the role of junior developers is shifting. And he believes that the junior talent which adapts to the shift will become important for tech companies to bring in new innovation and competition in the age of AI.'We are very excited about having this kind of like both junior and senior population in the company,' said Dohmke. He points out that GitHub has renewed investment in its intern programme after the pandemic. 'It's just a really positive thing to hear those folks bring fresh ideas, a great amount of energy and often, you know, a different, diverse background into the company.' According to Dohmke, the fresh new talent allows the company to bring in a critical outside perspective, standing out from legacy thinking. 'Often the folks that are younger in career bring a new perspective to the team and say, 'Hey, why don't we try this?' or 'I want to incubate this idea.''advertisement Dohmke notes that junior engineers have grown up with smartphones, cloud platforms, and social media—and more importantly, with AI tools. Hence, this generation gets a head start in understanding and applying technologies like GitHub Copilot and other AI coding assistants. He even called the widely circulating idea of AI replacing junior developers 'backwards'. 'They get to use AI much faster they get it because they are taking this with an open mind,' he said. 'They haven't been in an experience where some change has led to a big outage. So they're more open-minded.'Dohmke argues that the new generation of engineers is open and adaptable, and that this sets them apart from experienced coders. According to the GitHub CEO, junior engineers are more likely to experiment with new tools, master AI-assisted coding, and approach problems with a fresh mindset.'The goal of the future engineer is no longer to write it all from scratch,' Dohmke said. 'The goal is to combine their prompting skills and agent open source libraries into getting that problem solved much faster than they could have done two, three years ago.'For Dohmke, he wants to work with both the junior and senior population in the company for better output. And this idea, he suggests, should not just apply to engineering but to other departments as well. 'You hire people because they have a green contribution graph on their GitHub profile That matters more to us than whether you have five years at one company and five at another.'- Ends
Business Insider
23-06-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
GitHub's CEO on why it's important for companies to keep hiring junior engineers
In the age of AI coding, GitHub's CEO says he's still a believer that junior engineers are of great value to tech companies. Just don't be surprised if you're asked to showcase your prompt-engineering skills in a job interview. Thomas Dohmke, who has been CEO of Microsoft-owned GitHub since 2021, talked in a recent interview with " The Pragmatic Engineer" about what early-career software developers bring to the table. "It's lovely to see that those folks that bring fresh ideas, a great amount of energy, the latest learnings from college and university, and often a different, diverse background into the company," Dohmke said. The GitHub CEO has talked before about how the job of the software engineer is evolving as AI tools become more prolific in the workplace, as well as the limits of "vibe-coding." Dohmke said that GitHub intends to have "a nice balance" of early-career and senior engineers, thanks to the combination of fresh perspectives and tested experience that an age-diverse staff can afford. "The folks that are younger in career bring a new perspective to the team and say, here, 'Why don't we try this?' or, 'I want to incubate this idea,'" he said. "And so we are excited about having this kind of like both junior and senior population in the company." The CEO said that some of the skills the company is looking to cultivate now include a working knowledge of AI. "Of course, we take people to an interview loop, and I think increasingly we're thinking about how do we leverage AI within the interview loop," he said. "There's nothing wrong about that from my perspective. In fact, I would say if you want to get a job in a tech company very soon, you're going to be asked to show your prompting skills, your co-pilot skills, if you will." Younger programmers in particular, he added, more readily adopt the technology. "I think, actually, folks that go to high school now, or to college, or even kids earlier in their education, they get to use AI much faster, Dohmke said. "They get it because they are taking this with an open mind. They don't have the, 'This is how we've always done it.'" Dohmke said he expects AI to continue to be part of the larger engineering toolkit, as ultimately what matters is that the job gets done, instead of how it gets done. "Because the goal of the future engineer is no longer to run it all from scratch," he said. "And the goal is to combine their prompting skills and agent, open source libraries, into getting that problem solved much faster than they could have two or three years ago." Even in a world where AI agents do become more "autonomous," that doesn't mean engineering jobs will disappear in their entirety, the GitHub CEO said. The overarching skills that make up the occupation have more to do with modes of thinking, he added, rather than knowledge of specific languages. "You've got to have engineering skills. You've got to have developed craft," he said. "You need senior people that know how to build large-scale systems. You need people that take large complex problems, break them down into smaller problems." Engineers will continue to need to be familiar with coding, he said, though actually producing it may not always make up the brunt of the job. "That's what engineering is all about," Dohmke said. "The coding skill will be part of that engineering skill set, but ultimately engineering means — I can build a really large complex system and then evolve that into even larger system next week, in today's world."
