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  • Опубликовано: 8 янв 2024
  • The tech industry laid off a lot of people last year and, unsurprisingly, took the opportunity to slash DEI departments
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  • @darksideblues135
    @darksideblues135 5 месяцев назад +82

    The most diverse room I was in was full of white men.
    One was British, one was Spanish, Italian, a few Germans, a Ukrainian, a Hungarian, two polish, and so on.

    • @frankcastle1862
      @frankcastle1862 5 месяцев назад

      The far left views a white person of any descent through the same lens they see them as the oppressor

    • @MrAtlas2112
      @MrAtlas2112 5 месяцев назад +9

      This. I have long grown tired of being shown a group of White people and told their is no diversity here. It's as if " Irish need not apply" is being swept under the rug.

    • @derpyeh9107
      @derpyeh9107 4 месяца назад +6

      @@MrAtlas2112 It gets even funnier than that. I have seen all-black groups described as "diverse."

    • @The_High_SeAs
      @The_High_SeAs 4 месяца назад +4

      ​@@derpyeh9107 I get the point youre trying to makes, but a room of black people can be just as diverse as a room of white people. There are many ethnicities of black and white.

    • @derpyeh9107
      @derpyeh9107 4 месяца назад +1

      @@The_High_SeAs That wasn't what they meant.

  • @IMAMONGUS
    @IMAMONGUS 5 месяцев назад +62

    Thank you for pointing out something I've been saying for a few years: people who "fight" against isms and phobias have a vested interest in keeping those things active.

    • @reezlaw
      @reezlaw 5 месяцев назад +9

      People who do that for a living do, yes

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +18

      Absolutely, it’s just a hustle and the goal post will keep moving or else the money will stop flowing

    • @chronometer9931
      @chronometer9931 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@reezlawThere are plenty of people trying to keep it going who don't do it for a living, It's part of their ideology

  • @TH3SHUR1F
    @TH3SHUR1F 5 месяцев назад +171

    I spoke out against our company’s forced DEI “training” and got a written warning from HR as a result.
    Their version of “diversity” only applies to immutable characteristics, not beliefs and views.

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +37

      Yep, that’s what’s so racist about it. It equates the immutable qualities with viewpoints. How is that being encouraged, that is basic racism?!

    • @alexman378
      @alexman378 5 месяцев назад +17

      ⁠@@gregowen2022Because it’s a leftist concept and leftism is extremely fascist by nature.

    • @en--ev
      @en--ev 5 месяцев назад

      @@gregowen2022 It's Marxist Critical Theory. They view literally everything through oppressor and oppressed classes, and have _looong_ since normalized bigotry against the so called "oppresser classes". This is why blatant discrimination towards Whites, Straightes, and Christians is so normal in their circles, and why hoardes of the left became anti-Semites overnight. Jews were previously viewed as the "opressed class", and so they were to be protected at all costs. But after the recent [REDACTED] conflict, they became the "opresser class" in the eyes of many leftists, therefore justifying blatant bigotry towards Jewish people. *A lot* of this [REDACTED] can be traced back to Marxism, specifically Critical Theory, which has sadly *long* since infested academia. This type of [REDACTED] is pretty new in the world of economics, but it's been festering within the world of academia for *decades.* Unfortunately, that almost certainly means that it's not going anywhere anytime soon. It will take a *very* long time to cut out this particular cancer, its roots are simply too deep to hope that it could vanish overnight. Maybe one day though. One day we might finally be able to achive a world where humans judge eachother solely on their character, and all immutable characteristics are left to the wayside. I sure hope that we can get there, but we are still a _looong_ ways off.
      [Any and all weirdness within the comment above was unfortunately necassary to have this comment appear publically.
      All Hail Big Brother Google, Our Eternal Overlord!]

    • @JeffCaplan313
      @JeffCaplan313 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@alexman378 💯
      The Left is super racist...you just don't see it as a child, because you're living "idealistically" - once you realize that evil and stupidity are the same, the banality of evil reveals itself with the "progressives".

    • @onemanturret1641
      @onemanturret1641 5 месяцев назад +1

      You were written up because you were important. If you weren’t you’d be fired.
      Later on it was the DEI that was axed. Ironic.

  • @GeekOwtLowd
    @GeekOwtLowd 5 месяцев назад +106

    DEI initiatives are actually counterproductive.
    The funny thing is, the companies that embraced DEI were, in fact, already full of people who were EAGER to increase the diversity of their companies. They already had an environment that not only actively checked or countered its potential unconscious biases, but also had a bunch of actual out-group preference to begin with. Heck... DEI activists largely infiltrated many industries run by nerdy white guys who didn't want to work in a sausage party. So they were already giving more weight to the rare female candidates. Unfortunately, that brought in underqualified, activist women into lots of big corporate offices. And in the competitive corporate environment full of liberal people, DEI tactics are an immensely powerful weapon.
    But... what all the DEI training does, is increase racial tension and gender divisions etc. Making people MORE likely to avoid "diverse" candidates who are seen as potential lawsuits or victims looking to be offended. Ironically creating a "need" for DEI policies and quotas to force the now hostile identity-based office to continue hiring "diverse" candidates.

    • @grantstratton2239
      @grantstratton2239 5 месяцев назад +6

      This is what I've always said about DEI. You can't use the tools of racism and/or sexism to solve the problems of racism and/or sexism.

  • @J.R.Carrel
    @J.R.Carrel 5 месяцев назад +39

    Yeah people tried to rake me over the coals on Twitter when I said that companies should be trying to hire the best employees they can find at afford. I thought that was common sense but apparently that offends people.

    • @danaso2567
      @danaso2567 5 месяцев назад +4

      😂😂 however they will demand quality as customers. I think I am getting old, never thought statements such as "hire people based on their skills and experience" and "men cannot give birth" could become controversial.

  • @SumStupidPunk
    @SumStupidPunk 5 месяцев назад +95

    Meanwhile my company is doubling down on it and have promoted almost exclusively black women to management positions in the last two years, even creating multiple new positions.
    It's so fun having monthly meetings where I'm "trained" on the "proper way" to view things.

    • @MrDj232
      @MrDj232 5 месяцев назад +37

      Start looking for a new job. Women pretty much never promote men. Even if this bad decision doesn't sink the company, you're practically guaranteed to be stuck in your current position.

    • @stevenschultz9637
      @stevenschultz9637 5 месяцев назад +8

      ​@@MrDj232I hate that you're probably right

    • @losfromla1480
      @losfromla1480 5 месяцев назад +9

      Sue them, it's blatant racial discrimination and that's illegal.

    • @reezlaw
      @reezlaw 5 месяцев назад +2

      I can't imagine that all those managers were the ideal choice for the position, if qualified at all, are you starting to see effects to the company?

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +23

      Agreed on moving. It sucks to start over somewhere, but most studies report moving every few years is great for your lifetime salary anyway

  • @robertbeisert3315
    @robertbeisert3315 5 месяцев назад +20

    A company that begins to engage in DIE has already lost its ability to properly function. It means that they are beholden to financiers, which means loads of debts that they can't service, which means that they cannot be profitable on their own.

  • @HestiaHearthfire
    @HestiaHearthfire 5 месяцев назад +17

    I actually appreciate affiliate links. If I trust a RUclipsr’s opinion enough to try/purchase a product/service, I like having the specific thing, especially if y’all get something from it

  • @punklingyt
    @punklingyt 5 месяцев назад +16

    Your section about coding is so true. I was in the usual camp of "Coding is what smart people do. I am not smart people." But I started pushing myself to learn it this year. I'm 3 months into learning Python and JavaScript and realizing that it has absolutely nothing to do with memorizing the language or the syntax. It has everything to do with breaking down a problem/project into smaller pieces at every layer, then writing the code that needs to come together for those pieces to work as a cohesive program...actually you were right, it'll throw an error and you get to spend anywhere from 3 minute to 3 days trying to figure out what broke

  • @GeekOwtLowd
    @GeekOwtLowd 5 месяцев назад +134

    Dont' be too optimistic. Once DEI policies and "training" is complete... regular human resources can continue the DEI officer responsibilities. DEI is not going away.

    • @ttrev007
      @ttrev007 5 месяцев назад +27

      I am not so sure. Most companies did it to look good. Now that they have had time to see the problems and the convenience of the law potentially making it illegal thanks to the striking down of affirmative action, only the true believers will hold on, the rest will move on to the next fad.

    • @robertbeisert3315
      @robertbeisert3315 5 месяцев назад

      @@ttrev007 The pessimist would say that the brain drain has already set in wherever DIE has been implemented, which means those companies will never again be able to make useful products or provide valuable services.
      An even more skeptical mind might suggest that that was the purpose of DIE all along.

    • @rbu2136
      @rbu2136 5 месяцев назад +29

      It is. At my large corporation-at exec retreat-the pushback was loud. DEI is bigotry.

    • @losfromla1480
      @losfromla1480 5 месяцев назад +11

      With no one to push the policies, they'll die from neglect. Vestigial traces may remain but they'll be a shadow of what they once were.

    • @GeekOwtLowd
      @GeekOwtLowd 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@losfromla1480 I would bet that most places doing DEI don't even have a separate DEI officer, so a few DEI officers getting let go doesn't spark me as anything of significance other than regular lay offs.

  • @space_prick
    @space_prick 5 месяцев назад +6

    The ending caught me by surprise and I greatly appreciate the advice you provide with the honesty and clarity of a person,
    Not a RUclipsr.

  • @zeroth88
    @zeroth88 5 месяцев назад +10

    That queso joke got me good. And I'm glad to see the dad humor is continuing strong. It may be cringe, but man is it funny.
    I've been saying since high school (maybe earlier. It was a while ago) that diversity of viewpoint is what adds value to a team, not diversity of looks. It honestly baffles me how people continue to push racism boldly and honestly and not care about diversity of viewpoint. It seems to me that everyone in the DEI crowd is either malicious or basically has Stockholm Syndrome from the malicious actors. Or are completely bought into the DEI fantasy despite the evidence, but that seems less believable as evidence mounts.
    And as a Software Engineer, the dirty secret is we likely google more stuff than the average person. "Google" scientist isn't far off a lot of the time

  • @KineticCode
    @KineticCode 5 месяцев назад +32

    whenever c# is mentioned i am formally summoned to the comments section. just to affirm what greg is saying about "learning while doing" - you can't really study "how to program" completely from books. books and videos and resources generally just give you good supplemental tips and tricks. the best way to learn is to jump in and build something you wanna build, make mistakes, and learn from them.

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +8

      Very true. I should mention next time the joy of experimenting once you have the basics down. I used to enjoy doing basic or intermediate LeetCode problems, and then once I had it solved, make up my own new parameters to expand on it. It’s like a puzzle that you design for yourself, it’s fun!

  • @fishin4bass2002
    @fishin4bass2002 5 месяцев назад +11

    I think people are getting tired of this stuff and companies are seeing this as something that cost them money so they will start moving away from it. It will take a few years but I see a lot of companies including the media going a different direction.

  • @tomjohnson4922
    @tomjohnson4922 5 месяцев назад +8

    thankfully I'm a custodian and have been the last ten plus years which means I get to work completely by myself. I've never had to deal with DEI. Also, thankfully as someone who grew up in the 70s/80s I listened to true punk...

  • @Maitapa1
    @Maitapa1 5 месяцев назад +12

    I am now trying to change careers from retail to IT. I have studied 2 years in online courses while working 40h a week (sometimes more) and I feel like I need to have perfect knowledge in what I am learning, otherwise no one would take me, because I don't have a college degree in the field and I am feeling a bit burned out. I am sharing this, because the last 5 minutes of your video, inspired me to keep on pushing until I reach my goal.

    • @BoomTribeEntertainment
      @BoomTribeEntertainment 5 месяцев назад

      Only if you’re a man, we don’t need any more women plaguing our jobs

    • @chronometer9931
      @chronometer9931 5 месяцев назад +1

      Don't assume, put together a small portfolio and resume then reach out to some companies and see how it goes. Maybe they don't need perfection, maybe they need someone they can teach or can do basic work. It's common for people getting into programming to feel the way you do...

  • @jts8053
    @jts8053 5 месяцев назад +12

    I love that Cracked article. Gee! Your suggestions about learning new skills, etc. sounds like what liberal arts degrees were originally for!

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +3

      I’m glad they repost it each year. I’m also glad that this info is free(or cheap) for all now and we aren’t beholden to the degree givers for validation

  • @scotthenderson3519
    @scotthenderson3519 5 месяцев назад +11

    Nvidia couldn't care less about the GPU market right now. They are making all their bank selling stuff for giant AI farms.

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +6

      If I were a smarter person with more disposable income, I’d be building a mining rig right now to prep for the next big crypto news cycle when everyone remembers it again for the third or fourth time.

  • @toddsalisbury3851
    @toddsalisbury3851 5 месяцев назад +3

    I work for a small company where good quality work is the most important. Already been promoted to more in depth position and a raise to match. The few that dont work dont last because we will let go of them. It beats all of the big companies ive worked for.

  • @cpuuk
    @cpuuk 5 месяцев назад +4

    DEI to a company is like the Credit Score check for an individual. Companies that want to borrow large sums of money at favourable rates, need a DEI tick in the box. This is why not all companies are into DEI, because not all companies need to constantly borrow money.

  • @vt_mod
    @vt_mod 5 месяцев назад +7

    Very good video. Very clear and logical explanation. Love your content.

  • @mallorycarpinski1160
    @mallorycarpinski1160 5 месяцев назад +1

    I love how Greg actually presents if not answers, actions to take based on info and news going around rather than just being hyperbolic and doomer about it or trying to make fun of someone.

  • @rmglover3191
    @rmglover3191 5 месяцев назад +2

    I love your takes. You offer grounded, thought-provoking insight as well as an invitation to explore. You're a good friend, sir.

  • @jonathanwilliams9359
    @jonathanwilliams9359 5 месяцев назад +1

    You’re the father with the solid advice I never had. Thank you.

  • @DasZombieProductions
    @DasZombieProductions 5 месяцев назад +5

    Imagine going into 300k of debt to earn an education in such a flash in the pan skill... might as well have a degree in Disco theory

  • @user-xw7qp1mo3d
    @user-xw7qp1mo3d 5 месяцев назад +1

    Not just critique! but genuine advice! excellent! thank you Greg!

  • @Tarquin2718
    @Tarquin2718 5 месяцев назад

    Nailed it bigtime today. Keep up the good work! ❤

  • @stephenmccalley5879
    @stephenmccalley5879 5 месяцев назад +5

    I'm sure the government will hire them all.

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад

      Can’t let those job numbers look bad

  • @callibur1
    @callibur1 5 месяцев назад

    Subbed to this channel for movie reviews but I'm loving all the content!

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад

      I’m so glad you are enjoying everything, thank you!

  • @reedr7142
    @reedr7142 5 месяцев назад +3

    Saw the truth behind these departments miles away.
    Smart companies that do away with these.

  • @DavidMMC1420
    @DavidMMC1420 5 месяцев назад

    Great advice as always!

  • @darthjosh-iah-is2027
    @darthjosh-iah-is2027 5 месяцев назад +2

    I actually was on the pot while watching this. Well played, take my subscription and like you wild man
    ...
    ...
    PC Master Race🤣🤣

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад

      YES! I knew at least someone would be! I’m glad you’re here

  • @brianuziel9187
    @brianuziel9187 5 месяцев назад +3

    Great video! Though I never learned to code, I understand the problem solving benefits. I have a degree in graphic design from back in 2000. It didn't pan out as a career but I still do it on rhe side. It's the same process as coding. Every project involves a ton of research, questions, corrections, and learning new skills on the programs. I've probably learned more about Photoshop from RUclips than I ever did in college. 😅. I'm often complimented for my problem solving skills in my current job and I attribute it all to my (useless art degree) lol.

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +2

      Design is a good one for problem solving. It’s one of those things that’s hard to explain why it takes so much work, but when you compare good design to bad, you can just tell.

  • @LumiDurotoye
    @LumiDurotoye 5 месяцев назад +4

    Greg how do you keep coming up with these pro RUclips moves? I can’t help but smash the like button 😢. Lol

  • @Desi_Midget
    @Desi_Midget 5 месяцев назад

    It's a happy day when Greg uploads. ❤❤❤❤

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +1

      For you and me both! I love uploading day!

  • @cxa011500
    @cxa011500 5 месяцев назад +2

    I'm shocked...SHOCKED I tell you! 🙄

  • @bfish9700
    @bfish9700 5 месяцев назад +1

    Coding is always going to be valuable for the reasons you outlined. Languages and front ends change but the logic of how to problem solve is invaluable.

  • @blfrench
    @blfrench 4 месяца назад

    You are 100% correct in your assessment of what coding is (from a development professional). Figuring out solutions to problems for my company is 90% of what I do - the other 10% is actually programming.

  • @discod992
    @discod992 3 месяца назад

    It's refreshing to see somebody these days that can think for themselves and not align with a particular "side".

  • @kenthart7519
    @kenthart7519 5 месяцев назад

    My dude...I literally just *sat down* and opened your video 10/10 timing

  • @_ace86
    @_ace86 5 месяцев назад +2

    When Greg Owen posts, you know it’s gonna be a good time.

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +1

      I’m always happy to provide a good time, and I’m glad you enjoy it

    • @_ace86
      @_ace86 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@gregowen2022 I enjoy every post, the detail and effort put into each video shows. I often loop your videos when doing tasks around the house, it’s great to hear real thoughts on these subjects. Thank you for sharing your ideas, can’t wait till the next one. 🍺

  • @darkdudironaji
    @darkdudironaji 5 месяцев назад +3

    C# is a great language to learn if you want to be a programmer, because that's what most government jobs will have you using. And a government job is hard to lose, even in an economic downturn.
    Source: I'm a programmer that works for the government.

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад

      Whenever I learn a new thing, I like to go for one of the biggest. What I like about C# is that I had basically endless resources for it because it’s so widely used. And yes, if you can get a government spot, they are amazing!

  • @magistersolis.3750
    @magistersolis.3750 5 месяцев назад +1

    Here is how people should live their lives “fight for what you want learn how to be self reliant. As people with strong character but don’t deny help from others with strong character”.
    If you want to have a life of value bring value to your life. “Take life by the balls & fight for your dreams”.
    Don’t wait for someone to make them come true for you (blaming the world for your failings.
    Because no one kindly actually cares about your dreams more than you do.
    That does not mean be rude & selfish to everyone you meet. Find those who make your life better & forget the rest.
    You can & should help others but don’t hold your hand out so long that they drag you down into the muck.

  • @stevenschultz9637
    @stevenschultz9637 5 месяцев назад +3

    11:30 hard disagree. Absolutely learn to code for work! The developers getting fired right now and over the past few years have not been the competent ones, they are the people who were panic hired in 2020/21, who "overestimated" their skills on their resume, who have multiple jobs and weren't able to keep up with both since remote work was less available, or who straight up lied to get the job and do nothing.
    Also.. holy crap, I had completely forgotten about Cracked! I used to read their articles all the time in between classes in college circa 2010-2014, but one day I realized I hadn't read anything interesting in weeks and went cold turkey. Lol

  • @palladiamorsdeus
    @palladiamorsdeus 5 месяцев назад +4

    DEI is not profitable so it was only a matter of time.

  • @MrsMacLover
    @MrsMacLover 5 месяцев назад

    love your positive message

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you! I’m glad for the chance to go positive now and then. The year in entertainment certainly isn’t going to give me much to work with on that front, hahaha

  • @majormalfunction0071
    @majormalfunction0071 4 месяца назад

    Programmer here. At 12:10 he's talking about functional decomposition. Take an issue and repeatedly subdivide it, until you have pieces small enough to understand completely.

  • @xyzculture
    @xyzculture 5 месяцев назад +3

    I have just started (About 2 months) to play chess and learn Spanisn cause i just felt like it, and have felt soo productive in a long while, as a 17 year old i really appreciate your insights on these subject matter (i can speak in English, Hindi, Marathi (a regional Language of an Indian State))

    • @reezlaw
      @reezlaw 5 месяцев назад

      Doing this while still so young is also much, much easier. Take advantage of that as much as you can

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +1

      Daaaaamn, trilingual about to be quad?! Well done!
      I’m with you on the productivity. I don’t need to master something, just to feel like I’m not wasting my time on earth.

  • @DarinStahlDPS
    @DarinStahlDPS 5 месяцев назад +3

    Not yet at my company. Can't wait!!!

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад

      I’ve got my fingers crossed for you

  • @michaelreich4827
    @michaelreich4827 5 месяцев назад +7

    Cancelled? Or will come back later under a new name?

    • @DogeickBateman
      @DogeickBateman 5 месяцев назад

      Reality checked

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +1

      Likely a reskin, sadly. I keep feeling like one day the patterns will be recognizable to these companies, but I also work for a large corp and I have’t seen any evidence of learning yet, lol

    • @reezlaw
      @reezlaw 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@gregowen2022 it needs to hit them in the pockets, which it eventually will. It's impossible for unqualified diversity-quota management to be as effective as those who are hired based on merit

  • @bradspringer2372
    @bradspringer2372 3 месяца назад

    The concept of Subconscious Bias is impossible to gage and assumes everyone is guilty of something even though they have no clue.

  • @evanthesquirrel
    @evanthesquirrel 5 месяцев назад +1

    Diversity is a minor virtue. It's good to have but not as vital as others. it's also not an individual value. I can never become more diverse. Even if I add labels. I am only myself. One voice in a diverse crowd.

  • @BlazeInjun
    @BlazeInjun 5 месяцев назад

    Thanks for the reminder of the Super Collider and for the nightmares I'll have tonight. The end of humanity. 🤔

  • @linocappelli2765
    @linocappelli2765 5 месяцев назад

    Yooooo, I knew you were cool, but seeing a Zero Punctuation reference makes you way cooler.

  • @decimatorentertainmentstud8523
    @decimatorentertainmentstud8523 5 месяцев назад +3

    They will just rebrand it

  • @johnnyrocketed2225
    @johnnyrocketed2225 5 месяцев назад

    Thank God! 🎉

  • @locobob
    @locobob 5 месяцев назад +1

    Human Resources is the next team that should be on the chopping block. They’ve garnered too much power and no longer serve the organizations they’re in.

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +3

      They will likely get absorbed by the legal department, because that’s pretty much what they do: help the company avoid legal trouble

  • @darrengordon-hill
    @darrengordon-hill 5 месяцев назад +2

    THIS IS BRAND-NEW INFORMATION

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад

      I was so shocked I had to lie down for a bit. Whole world rocked, lol

  • @rlopez8630
    @rlopez8630 5 месяцев назад

    Another fun video! At the end, though, you point to a space and mention another video, but there's nothing there

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +1

      Shit! I'm trying to put those videos at the end and I keep forgetting!
      Thanks for the reminder

  • @loke6664
    @loke6664 5 месяцев назад +2

    Companies tend to hire in useless employees during good times and fire them during bad, assuming they give them some kind of brownie points with their customers. That is not surprising, what is would be how they lasted this long, they should all have been fired back in 2020.
    Why someone ever thought it was a great idea to hire people to stop you from hiring the most qualified people and instead focus on superficial things is a mystery. I don't care the least what sex or skin color the people my boss hire have, but I do get upset if he hire someone who can't do the job, that means I will have to help them besides do my own job.
    The funny thing is that I'm a Swede and Americans tend to think we would be all over these kind of stuff but our companies like to earn money, so that is not something I ever seen here. Who is the commie now? (Yeah, I'm a Libertarian too) ;)

  • @SapperRJMorgan
    @SapperRJMorgan 5 месяцев назад

    Couldn’t agree more.

  • @kuroeltheog
    @kuroeltheog 5 месяцев назад +3

    This was a really good complementary video to your usual videos that focus more on dissecting issues with modern entertainment. (Albeit the underlying cause for both sets of industry rot is the same - DEI.)
    Meritocracy for the win. I’m all for blind recruitment/admissions (when applicable - ie. I’m not saying that paraplegics should be hired as life guards, no matter how good their application writing skills are..).
    I’d like to point out to what Heather Mac Donald said about the equality of outcome. If you lower university admissions criteria for a group X (in this case, black Americans) and up admissions criteria for every other group, group X will struggle to keep up if they are not as qualified. They are more likely to drop out and ironically, it later skews the job market EVEN FURTHER.
    If you’re white/Asian and applying for a job in a law firm, you are pretty much a sure hire if you graduated from ivy league. It means that you are the best of your age group. Unlike POC (excluding Asians) you were not given ANY handicap. You earned your place with sheer indisputable talent. Group X are left wondering wether they earned it or wether they were “allowed/granted” their accomplishments. It’s mentally humiliating.
    And Greg, I’m living for the fact that you outed yourself as a console peasant. ❤️
    Your wife is so lucky, I’m literally shedding green tears (of envy, I mean, I don’t have an infection!)

  • @unclehobby6296
    @unclehobby6296 5 месяцев назад

    Damn, that pro youtube move was slick...

  • @patsilverfang
    @patsilverfang 5 месяцев назад +1

    Next on the chopping block is HR.
    If you've struggled with coding as I have, the game Factorio teaches you to think in essentially the same way :D

  • @littlejimmy7402
    @littlejimmy7402 5 месяцев назад +1

    "Learning to Code" ya know, I agree with you, but I think it's even easier than that. A "program" is a flexible, repeatable set of requirements and instructions to get a definable job done. I like to break it down to learning how to make a PBJ, complete with You shouldn't assume anything. The user doesn't know where anything is and all that. Learning to communicate in such a way that is spot on and even understandable by the Sales Department is super useful if you want to be happy.
    It's doesn't ever have to be that hard, but it's all these stupid mandatory fun day initiatives instead of just paying people better. Seems to Me like the "C-Suite" needs a demotion, D-level work at best.

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +1

      I absolutely LOVE seeing videos of parents giving kids the PBJ test, having them write out how to do and following the instructions EXACTLY.
      And you are right. One of the best tips I got from a lesson was “computers are not smart, they are dumb. They will do what you tell them, exactly what you tell them”. So yes, it teaches you to communicate directions in a way that cannot be misunderstood

  • @cjphillips90
    @cjphillips90 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you for the video. Commenting for the Algorithm. :)

  • @onehundredpercentmaxnochil9720
    @onehundredpercentmaxnochil9720 5 месяцев назад

    I dont know why, but I feel compelled to hit the like button every time you ask it. ✅✅

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +1

      And I appreciate it each and every time

  • @MrDj232
    @MrDj232 5 месяцев назад +1

    I would have expected these layoffs to come a lot faster after the Titan sub was built by diverse engineers who replaced boring old white men.

  • @MumRah
    @MumRah 5 месяцев назад

    How to be a better person or have a better life/more success?
    Blame yourself for all of your problems. Blaming others for your problems accomplishes nothing. Blame yourself and you can actually do something about it to improve the situation.

  • @Jason.todd1279
    @Jason.todd1279 5 месяцев назад +1

    Jokes on you Greg, I'm actually fully naked in my bathroom shaving my face

  • @meyes1098
    @meyes1098 5 месяцев назад +1

    Social representation is, in fact, completely worthless in the workplace, because what you need is not diversity of people's cultures and races and sexes, but diversity of thought, which is completely independent of social diversity.
    And this is true in all but a few very specific cases, such as where you need to write up a character with a specific cultural or racial background. Then having a writer of that culture or race would actually be beneficial.
    But even then, it's not always the case. For example, a black writer who has never been to war, will write a worse black soldier, than a white writer who has been in active duty for like 5 years.
    Same with cultures, a wealthy Romanian who has been living the high life all his life would be worse at representing Romanian cultures and traditions, than an American folklorist who specifically studied Romanian culture, traditions and folklore.

  • @jaydeeao
    @jaydeeao 5 месяцев назад

    Yo, that "k so" edit hit my funny bone....haha.

  • @HeavyK.
    @HeavyK. 5 месяцев назад

    It makes a lot more people angry and artificially divisive.

  • @testxxxx123
    @testxxxx123 5 месяцев назад +1

    If you think about it, what did DEI people do in a company? Accusing other teams being raxist?

  • @dudeladude456
    @dudeladude456 5 месяцев назад

    I feel like jobs within the DEI area of strange social careers have a reason for why they started popping up all over. From what I can tell college degrees are getting more and more worthless over time as everyone who can is entering college to hopefuly get a degree and a good job. However, some degree are easier than others. Most of the humanities are generally pretty easy to get into if you have genuine interest and can read a good bit. This also means that as people had to choose a degree. Most would likely go for something they think they could do easier than the one that looks harder. Its why STEM degrees are still seen as valuable. Because you have to be able to use and understand math and work on some really difficult subjects. I love the humanities, but as more people come to college, the degree just becomes more and more diluted and that leaves an excess of college student elite aspirants. So how do you deal with them? Easy just create new jobs and even more degrees within the field. It doesn't mattee if they are needed. All that matters it that it gets them a job. This is unsustainable however.

  • @chrishellize
    @chrishellize 5 месяцев назад

    Its true, we tend to gravitate to what looks like us or at least familiar. In my own experience though Ive noticed its not so much a race thing as a socioeconomic one. When Im confronted with a group of people I dont know and I need to 'get in the mix' Ive noticed I look at how well they are dressed, their posture and how educated or discreet they seem before I notice ethnicity. So perhaps I'm a bit of a snob, but not so much a racist one ;)

  • @agiksf.8998
    @agiksf.8998 5 месяцев назад +1

    5:12 Personally - I would gravitate towards people who are smiling (friendly looking) and appear approachable. If I actually didn't know anyone in the room.
    What is the skin colour gonna do to help in this kindof situation?

  • @dnifty1
    @dnifty1 5 месяцев назад

    The civil rights laws were never about "DEI" positions and these corporations know it. They have always had token positions in HR for certain demographics they have used to claim compliance with civil rights laws. And "DEI jobs" are nothing but more of the same, especially in Tech as the actual tech workforce is absolutely not "diverse", which is primarily due to ongoing inequality in primary and secondary schools which affect who goes to college and what kinds of courses they take. But fixing that inequality is not part of the agenda and absolutely not opening the books on hiring, firing and promotions in these corporations across the boards to prove compliance with civil rights laws.

  • @duffthimblespork8371
    @duffthimblespork8371 5 месяцев назад

    Sublime references are always welcome

  • @kurtdewittphoto
    @kurtdewittphoto 5 месяцев назад

    Clicked to laugh at the DEI silliness, left feeling motivated to improve my life.

  • @Luciphell
    @Luciphell 5 месяцев назад

    Finally, this era of hysterical stupidity is coming to an end.

  • @yellowoctopus4729
    @yellowoctopus4729 5 месяцев назад

    You are very intelligent. I find it interesting that you're a libertarian, do you tend to lean right or left? It seems like someone with your values and general personality would be more center conservative.

  • @oleg4966
    @oleg4966 5 месяцев назад +1

    M2/M3 chips are not designed for usual office workers, though: they're designed for rich and GPU-hungry creative specialists.
    Video editing is a VRAM hog, and so is large-scale 3D modeling for architects and artists. And then you get to Stable Diffusion and other AI tech, which require crazy amounts of GPU memory if you want them to work quickly.
    ---
    If you travel a lot, work while you travel, and need insane computational power in your workstation, then you can't exactly lug your ordinary water-cooled PC around in a briefcase: it'll break.
    So you need something portable and powerful, and you're ready to pay any price the manufacturer demands for it because otherwise you're going to lose even more money.
    M2/M3 chips fill that niche.

    • @reezlaw
      @reezlaw 5 месяцев назад

      Actually the best use case for those architectures might be running transformer-based and diffusion models locally. I have already talked to multiple people who have zero interest in the Apple ecosystem but got M2 systems just to run LLMs

    • @oleg4966
      @oleg4966 5 месяцев назад

      @@reezlaw That too, but I would not recommend M-series chips for machine learning or running open-source AIs. Not unless they're bought by a company that has at least one decent ML developer to fix compatibility issues in the code.
      Apple still hasn't hammered out all the kinks in Torch's compatibility with Neural Engine, so it's janky and their OS updates break it every now and again.
      If you choose Apple Silicon, you'd better be paid by the hour because you'll spend lots of time fixing existing open-source code so that it's compatible with Neural Engine.
      ---
      Source: am regularly using Stable Diffusion on an M1 chip, although I'm only occasionally dabbling in ML-related code.
      It was quite a hassle to make SD work on macOS after Sonoma broke Neural Engine's compatibility with Pytorch's half-size tensors.
      And some of SD's capabilities just don't work or work less efficiently than on my friend's Nvidia-based workstation.

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +1

      Yep, the editing is what pushed me to an M2. I’m not sure how intensive Adobe Rush is on this thing, but I don’t want to be waiting around for every small edit to update and render.
      But I can see the average consumer avoiding the M2 and M3 because the cost just isn’t worth it. Trouble is, for Apple and the others, how do you continue to entice purchases? The cameras can barely get any better, especially for point and shoot applications. The chips aren’t needed for average surfing and word processing. What’s the next thing that will stave off tech malaise?

    • @oleg4966
      @oleg4966 5 месяцев назад

      @@gregowen2022 Gaming appears to be Apple's next big goal.
      They've released the Game Porting Toolkit to the public a few months ago. Which is basically Wine that's been modified specifically to work well on macOS.
      It's not for casual users yet (you install it via the command line), but once Apple's done hammering out the kinks, Valve will probably integrate it into Steam. Which means that there will be decent compatibility with most Windows games, even 32-bit ones.
      And they're quietly expanding the Arcade's selection. For instance, they added a native version of Limbo to Arcade recently - which means anyone with the subscription can play it, no payment necessary.

    • @reezlaw
      @reezlaw 5 месяцев назад

      @@oleg4966 that's very interesting, I think the people I talked to were mostly focused on LLMs and they were able to run enormous models like llama 2 with no quantization. Not sure how inference speed compares to, say, a 3090, though.

  • @Goldenspiderducck
    @Goldenspiderducck 5 месяцев назад

    “K, so….” 🧀
    You may have my like, sir.

  • @geishasha
    @geishasha 5 месяцев назад +5

    True libertarians use Sony Xperias. I am not being paid for this comment.

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +1

      Hahaha. That may be true, but as I get older I realize why my parents refused to learn new tech. I like my rut, thankyouverymuch, it’s comfy and doesn’t require work!

  • @TheRadicalCentrist.1776
    @TheRadicalCentrist.1776 5 месяцев назад

    Learn a musical instrument. I started in my 40s. It's never too late.

  • @Oliver.Verdant
    @Oliver.Verdant 5 месяцев назад

    You’re telling me…being Diverse isn’t enough to be employed?
    You need usable skills and education!?!? Crazy

  • @DarkReaperK97
    @DarkReaperK97 5 месяцев назад +1

    Waiting for the one guy in the comment section to say uhm akshually water isn't wet 🤓

  • @MarklovesAngels
    @MarklovesAngels 5 месяцев назад

    As is my wont, every new calendar year, I purge 90% of youtube channels I've subscribed to during the previous year due to repetitive content or shallow themes and views borne from lack of research and critical thinking. Down to three channels now. I can't imagine this channel would ever be on my cut list. Most especially because of the video in which he took himself to task and admitted to some errors.

  • @granthiksharma4626
    @granthiksharma4626 4 месяца назад

    A yo who tf snitch. How does this movie man know soo many secrets of computer engineering

  • @JB-ti7bl
    @JB-ti7bl 5 месяцев назад +1

    Am i in the right place? Hello??

  • @joecummings1260
    @joecummings1260 2 месяца назад

    DEI hires bring on ESG investors. It's got nothing to do with getting a job done anymore, it's just a Wall Street game

  • @derpyeh9107
    @derpyeh9107 4 месяца назад

    "2002, give or take 6 years"
    That excludes Green Day's 'Dookie,' bro... 😬

  • @pj3352
    @pj3352 5 месяцев назад

    Coding makes me rage. I prefer 3d art and game level design. Great vids fella

  • @mogwiawolf4354
    @mogwiawolf4354 5 месяцев назад +1

    yes you are Vector

  • @rbu2136
    @rbu2136 5 месяцев назад

    KAY-SOOOO heh you cracked me up

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад

      I’m so glad someone liked that, because I made myself giggle

  • @tequilaghoul
    @tequilaghoul 5 месяцев назад

    PC Masterrace here. We will never calm down.

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +1

      I’m just jealous, honestly.
      One of these days, I foresee consoles going modular. Like they will have proprietary GPU upgrades that you can swap without needing to take the box apart like a PC, which scares some folks. That’ll be a great day, all the convenience of consoles with some of the flexibility and scaling of PC

    • @tequilaghoul
      @tequilaghoul 5 месяцев назад

      @@gregowen2022 and hopefully the removal of having to pay to play online. that is a silly paywall. I own a PS5, but never buying PS+. Only for exclusives.

  • @brickgarden
    @brickgarden 5 месяцев назад

    I live in the south and DEI is virtually non-existent here. To us it’s just the Twitter world. We’re more concerned with housing costs and inflation…actual problems. I won’t lie, it’s kind of nice.

  • @zionleach3001
    @zionleach3001 5 месяцев назад

    Maybe hire people off of skill and merrit. Maybe not things they say don't matter to hit check-boxes. Also Greg Owen could you do videos on pragmatic heroes.

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад +1

      I love that idea! Which examples come to your mind first?

    • @zionleach3001
      @zionleach3001 5 месяцев назад

      Sorry RUclips keeps deleting my comments. But any hero that doesn't follow traditional hero etiquette. They follow what ever works when fighting evil. Like Malcolm Reynolds and Dante from devil may cry.

    • @gregowen2022
      @gregowen2022  5 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the starting place. This is a fun topic!

    • @zionleach3001
      @zionleach3001 5 месяцев назад

      @@gregowen2022 No problem I was trying to send you the link on TV.Tropes but it kept being deleted. Personally I think that's why some people find anti-heroes so appealing. Batman refuses to kill the Joker, even though he's basically a terrorist, cause he couldn't stop himself. Where a pragmatic hero like Invincible understands helping the actual misunderstood villains and only using lethal tactics as a last resort.

  • @BoinkrNanis
    @BoinkrNanis 5 месяцев назад +1

    DEI is literally just HR...

    • @BoinkrNanis
      @BoinkrNanis 5 месяцев назад

      But because all these idiots went to school for fake degrees, they had to create fake jobs to give them jobs