Career regrets are common, reader. I’m Diamond Naga Siu, and I always regretted my first job after college. When I worked there, I thought I would never be a reporter. And for more than half a year after I left, I had recurring nightmares about working there.
Not regretting my decisions was definitely a process – apparently it’s a common experience for people. So my colleagues Rebecca Knight And Britney Nguyen Broken how to experience career, overcome and ultimately regret your career less.
Two expert pieces of advice in their story really resonated with me: forgive yourself and recognize that enough can be done over. Since it’s a tough time in the tech industry right now, I hope this appeals to some of you as well.
But before this gets too juicy, let’s take a look at today’s technology.
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Googlers reluctantly test their company’s ChatGPT competitor. CEO Sundar Pichai asked every employee spend several hours testing Google’s new chatbot Bard. It was the search engine’s answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. But Googlers don’t exactly enjoy testing it.
- Employees grumble about the extra responsibility, especially so soon after 12,000 Googlers were laid off. They were tasked with improving Bard by asking him questions and marking bad answers, in addition to their normal responsibilities.
- Unenthusiastic employees used internal forums to complain about the new job. Some made memes of the conversations they had with Bard, and moved on to one trend to mock the chatbot internally.
- An employee asked Bard to tell a joke about the layoffs at Google, according to leaked messages seen by Insider. It replied with, “I’d tell you a joke about layoffs at Google, but I’m afraid I won’t have a job tomorrow.”
See more of the mocking memes here.
In other news:
2. Tiny houses are taking over California. Between 2018 and 2021, more than 60,000 tiny houses have been built in California’s backyards. This could mean a breakthrough in the state with the largest housing shortage in the country. Dive into the tiny-home mini-boom here.
3. One of Elon Musk’s most loyal employees has reportedly been fired. Esther Crawford, director of product management at Twitter, previously went viral after a photo of her was posted sleep on the floor from Twitter headquarters. But now multiple outlets are reporting that she has been fired, along with at least 50 team members. read more.
4. Meta’s LLaMA enters generative AI DRaMA. Facebook’s parent company just dropped its own ChatGPT competitor. It is designed for researchers to make chatbots less toxic. Here’s what we know about it so far.
5. In the “paparazzi-proof” penthouse that Bill Gates’ daughter just bought. Jennifer Gates reportedly paid $51 million for her New York City pad. Check out the three-story Tribeca House here.
6. Netflix raised US prices, but lowered them in 36 other countries. The controversial streaming company targets customers outside the US. It is recently too cracked on password sharing. View the countries with reduced subscription prices here.
7. Tim Cook, Elon Musk and 12 other leaders dish up on AI. ChatGPT, the vibrant generative AI chatbot, made a big impression. It has even caught the attention of tech leaders like Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Here’s what 14 techies think about AI tools like ChatGPT.
8. Leasing an electric vehicle could be the best way. EVs are still relatively new. So a used the future value of EV is still relatively unknown – to buyers and automakers alike. That is why leasing an electric car can make the most sense for you.
Odds and Endings:
9. Get a full tour of sea living arrangements. An old Holland America cruise ship was converted into a houseboat. A sales executive told Insider that the ship has been redesigned as a “retirement home on the water.” Sail over to see the inside of the transformed boat.
10. Russia reportedly shot down several of its own planes. According to an FT report, this pattern frightened many of its pilots. Now the country has almost no experienced pilots willing to fly. More about the deadly situation here.
What are we watching today:
Curated by Diamond Naga Siu in San Diego. (Feedback or tips? Email dsiu@insider.com or tweet @diamondnagasiu) Edited by Matt Weinberger (tweet @gamoid) in San Francisco and Hallam Bullock (tweet @hallam_bulock) in London.
