11/8/2023 0 Comments Casey newton podcast![]() ![]() ![]() So the sort of “where it all nets out” is way fewer people working at Twitter and - kevin rooseĭo we know how many? Like, do they - I think they had about 8,000 employees before all of this happened, when Elon took over. And some workers, after these code reviews, find that they have been terminated, and that what they thought was kind of the check-in on “how are you doing” turned into a kind of impromptu performance evaluation. And just be prepared.Īnd so this happens. And the emails say, there’s going to be a code review and you need to be prepared to show me what you’ve been working on this week, what you’ve been working on for the past six months. ![]() ![]() So Twitter becomes much smaller, and there’s this moment where we think, OK, maybe now, it’s just sort of time to get down to business and work.īut then, the emails keep coming, like every few days. Most of them say, you know what? If I can get three months’ pay now, that’s going to be way better than working for this guy and this company for some indeterminate period of time.Īnd so hundreds more employees, probably well over 1,000, wind up taking this deal. So Musk takes full control, demands that workers become extremely hardcore, and most of them choose not to be extremely hardcore. I’m going to put a clock on you to see how it feels. Oh, why? You got somewhere to be, Roose? Come on, this is a great story. So as briefly as you can summarize it, what has happened since then? casey newton They needed to choose whether they were, quote, “extremely hardcore or not.” If they were not up for that kind of job and assignment, they were going to be laid off from the company. So when we last left off before Thanksgiving, Elon Musk had just given his employees at Twitter an ultimatum. I want to start with the story that we seem to be going back to every single week on this podcast, which is Elon Musk and his ongoing Twitter ownership saga. kevin rooseĬasey, we have lots to talk about today. And on today’s show, Elon Musk goes to war with Apple, how Chinese citizens are beating AI sensors, and Sam Bankman-Fried speaks. I’m Kevin Roose, tech columnist for “The New York Times.” casey newtonĪnd I’m Casey Newton from Platformer. And that’s what Thanksgiving is all about. But at the end of the day, we were victorious. an old, bad Fortnite player doing to win, we did. And at the end of 15 minutes, me and my nephew had won a victory royale. I spent the next 15 minutes chasing my nephew around in a 50-versus-50 team contest. And I actually find it kind of fun to play with people who are way better than me. I mean, I am frequently the worst, or close to the worst, player in a multiplayer video game. If it was you, would you agree to these terms? kevin roose And so my nephew says to me, we’re going to make you enter the lobby first, because then, we’ll get matched up with worst players. He likes to play Fortnite with me.Īnd my nephew is a very good Fortnite player, and I am a person who plays Fortnite two times a year, when I bring my Switch to hang out with my nephew. So it’s Thanksgiving, and I bring my Nintendo Switch, because my 10-year-old nephew also likes to play Nintendo Switch specifically. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript and email with any questions. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. This transcript was created using speech recognition software. Censor + S.B.F.’s ‘Bad Month’ Musk takes on tech’s fight against the Apple “tax.” T05:00:25-05:00 Transcript Elon’s Two-Day War with Apple + How to Beat an A.I. ![]()
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