The end of technology.

Of course, this also means that he has three hours to pack his personal belongings and return the company's property by himself.

To say it was sudden was not sudden, with the foreshadowing of the previous assessment, it even gave him a very natural feeling.

There was also a compensation announcement in the dismissal email, which gave him two options. If he signed a waiver of power, he would be able to get dismissal compensation equivalent to sixteen weeks' salary, and if he refused to sign this agreement, he would be You can only get eight weeks of dismissal compensation.

After thinking for a while, Pete finally decided to sign the agreement.

What you get is real.

Google has a better understanding of the laws of California than they do. If he really wants to compete with the company, he knows that there is a high probability that he will not be able to take advantage of it.

In fact, when the veil of tenderness is torn off, when capital really wants to strike at ordinary people, most of the time they are powerless to fight back.Especially at this time, Google is probably the least afraid of people under its banner choosing to strike.

The money saved by firing their defective products allows Google to provide higher salaries, bonuses, and more insane benefits to those who are willing to stay and are truly valuable.Not to mention that he has learned from his supervisor that Google has hired Bain Consulting to take charge of the layoffs this time.

The gap between people has been widened in this way.

The reason why Pete made this choice is not all because of his pessimism at this time, the wailing of the circle of friends is also one of the important reasons.The Chinese who work hard in the Bay Area have their own circles. After all, they are engaged in similar jobs abroad. If you have any news, you can communicate with each other. Occasionally encounter difficulties, and maybe you can meet enthusiastic people to help.

Pete has never seen such a pessimistic message from the circle of friends.

He has seen many Google colleagues wailing in the circle of friends, especially some programmers who have just been hired this year. If you want to continue your work visa, you have to buy a ticket back home.

But this is not the worst. There are some people who have just transferred to the United States, bought a million-dollar mansion in the Bay Area at a high price, and are still burdened with heavy loans. Unemployment at this time also means losing the newly bought mansion mansion.

There are also couples who were dismissed. You can imagine the confused mood at this time.

Of course, it's not just Google...

Other companies may not have been as aggressive as Google, but many people have also received word that they are likely to be fired on a large scale within a month or less.

Obviously, the wave of layoffs in Silicon Valley has already started, and probably only the top tech giants can keep their jobs in this round of layoffs.

In other words, for a long time to come, tens or even millions of elite positions in Silicon Valley, which were originally admired by others, may be replaced by artificial intelligence software.

This also plunged Pete into an unbearable panic...

In the Bay Area of ​​California, where land is at a premium, and under such a huge wave of unemployment, he can hardly imagine how bad the employment situation will be next.Don't think about the recruitment market anymore. No matter how hot the recruitment market was before, it will usher in the coldest winter.

What made Pete feel the most hopeless was that just now, he saw a friend in his circle of friends who had worked in Google's artificial intelligence research and development department for many years also sent a message that his entire department had been laid off. Thinking that artificial intelligence will be the most important development direction determined by Google in the future, the fate turned out to be no different from his.

So this artificial intelligence software can even adjust the parameters of artificial intelligence?

In the end, he finally saw someone in the circle of friends say what he had been holding back in his heart.

"That software was developed by Ning Zi! I can't believe that someone can develop this software, is he a devil? Don't those damn company executives know that if they rely on machines instead of people, there will be no future Damn Ning Zi, damn short-sighted capitalists, they will soon find out that Silicon Valley is about to turn into hell."

Will Silicon Valley turn into hell?

Pete didn't know, he just thought maybe it was time to change the name back to Liu Xinfeng.

Chapter 186 Branch school and new major

In this way, in just one week, the entire Silicon Valley was devastated, and the wave of layoffs spread in this land after all.

At the same time, countless software companies all over the world, especially outsourcing companies, have started panic layoffs.

Especially when a series of videos becomes popular on Facebook, the series of videos are generally presented in groups, each group consists of nine small videos, and each group of videos totals no more than seven minutes. But it has shown the world how to easily complete an excellent APP project through an intelligent software.

This series of videos is titled Proud Product Managers.

No longer have to be afraid of raising opinions with programmers, being ignored, or being ridiculed. Anyway, any outrageous requirements can be raised with the software. The software can naturally provide design solutions according to the requirements, and even design interface documents by itself, and finally adjust them appropriately by the artist , a project is considered complete.

Although artificial intelligence is not omnipotent, and some impossible requirements are also impossible to achieve, intelligent software will not only not back up, but occasionally give some unbelievable responses: for example, when the product manager asks the background color of the software to be colorful When it is beautifully black, the software will also give a magnificent dynamic map, which looks quite imposing.

To be honest, this series of videos is really a cold mockery of countless programmers.But everyone can't raise too many opinions. After all, people are either unemployed or in the process of being unemployed. Who would have the mood to pay attention to these messy things.

The infinite beautification of new technologies on the Internet is behind the confusion of millions of programmers in this world about the future life.

I had to change my career, but what to do became a problem.

The previous positions still require manpower, but most of them are focused on algorithm engineers, and higher requirements are put forward. Simple algorithms are obviously no longer difficult for artificial intelligence software.In other words, if mathematics does not reach a certain level, it will no longer be qualified for the position of programmer in the future.

Many people can feel hurt.

When the wave of unemployment spreads from Silicon Valley, India is probably the most hurt.The huge program outsourcing industry chain was suddenly cut off from the demand side. People who came here suddenly had no time to react, and they received notices from many Western companies that all projects that were already in progress were stopped. Well, don't even think about taking the final payment...

The tide of breach of contract came so fast, like a tornado.

The only one that has not been affected for the time being is probably Huaxia.

Of course, although the software has not exerted its power in China, the news has spread thoroughly.Those videos and news on the Internet naturally have no national boundaries.Not to mention that the vast majority of programmers are using many common forums, and naturally they have already received the news.

Although this news has spread, but soon a message also spread throughout the circle of programmers.The software represented by Cisco cannot be sold and used in China for the time being, and the software developed by the intelligent software will have a special logo, which cannot be used for Sinicization, nor can it be disseminated and used on the Chinese operating system. All the functions of Huaxia's software are fully restricted.

At the same time, Cisco also signed a supplementary agreement when authorizing other companies to use this software. Within three years, this software cannot be used to help or indirectly help the development of the Huaxia software market. Software automatically generated by intelligent software cannot be used by Huaxia. Regional sales.Otherwise, you will face huge compensation.

Even Huaxia's foreign branches are also within the restricted range.To put it simply, this smart software can only be used to develop software in any language other than Chinese, and the use of Chinese is isolated.

Even if Huaxia's overseas branch obtains the right to use it, it cannot be used for software development for domestic use.

It can be said that these rules and regulations have temporarily protected Huaxia. This is undoubtedly a temporary relief for local programmers, but it is hard to say how good the news is.

Because soon everyone discovered that the company's requirements for programmers are getting higher and higher.

In particular, many domestic Internet companies in China have also spread the news. Countless eye-catching resumes have been delivered across the ocean, and there is no lack of experience working in large foreign companies. The salary requirements are not as high as before.Outsourcing companies from surrounding countries have also begun to actively explore the Chinese market, offering shockingly low prices, as if labor is free.

For native programmers in China, although they have not been directly hit by artificial intelligence, this indirect blow is still unbearable pain for many people.

After all, many people who used to be called "big shots" on the forum, now come to compete with them for their jobs. This is something that many people really did not expect.

Even some small software companies in Huaxia have become fragrant. God knows how many programmers from all over the world want to come to Huaxia—the last pure land in the world to find a meal first.

This also made countless local programmers in Huaxia feel great pressure.

Originally, the Huaxia programmers were enough. When this group of people flooded in, God knows what it will be like.

Everyone has once again seen Ning Zi's ability to do things.

It is still a proper dimensionality reduction blow.

Soon it was discovered that the blow was not limited to the programmers who were already working, because most of them had already started a promotional campaign for this software.

The School of Computer Science of the University of Physical Education keeps pace with the times and no longer arranges language courses that will not be used in the future, but instead allows students to return to the original appearance of learning computers.Conan Lamar, the foreign director of the Academy of Sciences and Technology and the winner of the Turing Award, personally shouted: "This place does not train computer migrant workers, but only trains computer scientists."

This is another dimensionality reduction blow for many colleges and universities.

Generally, it is impossible for colleges and universities to respond so quickly, and it is impossible to give up the previously arranged courses directly.But there is no doubt that the professional courses taught by many universities to teach multiple advanced languages ​​may indeed be swept into the dustbin of history.

For a period of time, the most popular majors for employment cannot be said to be completely lonely, but if it is not for the people at the top of the pyramid, it is very likely that it will be difficult to find a job after graduation.This is a severe employment situation artificially created. If this momentum continues, perhaps when the post-2020s grow up, they will only be able to hear about the once-popular profession of programmers in history classes.

After all, when they are sensible, the program is most likely written by the computer itself.How can someone do what tools can do?

Yes, during this period of time, the job market for computers in the entire world has been completely messed up.

Really, for a long time, the programmers of Youwei Group who participated in the upgrade of M10 intelligent voice assistant with Ning Zi have fallen into depression.

Because these people really suspected that it was that cooperation that made Ning Zi realize how stupid they were, so they specially developed this software.Looking back now, the poisonous tongue in the network communication at that time may not have been just to satirize them, but I really felt that they were stupid enough.

So for a time, these people felt sorry for their colleagues all over the world while worrying about being fired. This is really bad.

……

Ning Zi, who is in retreat, can be said to have perfectly avoided the intrusion of various public opinions from the outside world. As for how busy others are, that is not what he cares about.

Of course, he also understands the chaotic situation outside and the fact that many senior programmers are starting to feel at a loss.

But no way.

The world is like this, advanced production capacity will always eliminate backward production capacity.

It is inevitable that rapid technological development will bring labor pains.People have to adapt to society in order to progress.Relatively speaking, Huaxia's influence is still the smallest, at least giving many people three to five years of preparation time, but there is only so much Ning Zi can do.

At least in Ning Zi's opinion, if one can be a programmer, at least one's mind is still smart.

This time is long enough for them to learn a new skill.The difficulty is only temporary. When China's technology is advanced enough, it can also rely on the export of high value-added products to make the economic structure more scientific. By that day, a high-welfare society is not impossible.

Not to mention that if it really comes to the age of the universe, the value of people will really be infinitely magnified.After the planetary transformation is completed, after all, interstellar immigration is needed to spread the earth civilization in this universe.If you want to ensure that a planet has enough population, you need at least tens of millions of people to start.

So Ning Zi didn't think there was any problem with this situation.

Not to mention that there is still March to do overall control, the chaos will only be temporary, and Ning Zi believes in people's ability to adapt.When a profession disappears, a new profession will definitely be discovered.

If you think this way, you will naturally feel no guilt, so life is actually no different from being in a body.

Most of the time is actually studying my own subject in the laboratory and thinking about some mathematical problems.

When taking a walk, I would chat with Lu Xiaoya with a bluetooth headset.

As newlyweds, they always have some stickiness.

Of course, it was mainly because Lu Xiaoya was rambling there, after all, Ning Zi never talked too much.

Obviously, Lu Xiaoya is also very busy during this time. As the hostess of the family, she not only has to be busy with her studies, but also has to do a good job in the reception work at home.

There are a lot of people visiting these days, which is what Ning Zi expected.Fortunately, with the help of a few sisters, the clever hostess can always send away the door-to-door people without any word.Ning Zi expressed his appreciation for this.

When chatting with Lu Xiaoya, Ning Xiao and Ning Yulin would often hang out.Both of them moved to live here for the time being, so it was not troublesome.On the one hand, the villa in Tida Li is big enough, with five bedrooms, which can be allocated; on the other hand, after Lu Xiaoya said hello, Ning Yuan and Qiangdun Company arranged a special car to take the two of them to work and school at Yan University. Convenience.

Of course, the most important thing is that unlike Ning Zi's casual temperament, Lu Xiaoya still likes a lively atmosphere, and it is more fun to have more people at home.

The retreat only cut off contact with the outside world, but did not cut off any contact with the family, and indeed there was no one else.

……

Today, Ning Zi dialed Lu Xiaoya's number as usual, and heard the little girl say mysteriously: "Ning Zi, Principal Chen called just now, saying that someone is coming to visit tonight, guess who it is?" ?”

"Hmm..." Ning Zi glanced at the kitten who was following her.

The kitten blinked, and then a name appeared in Ning Zi's mind, he couldn't help laughing, and imitated Lu Xiaoya's mouth shape and said: "That old man Apple?"

"Huh? How did you know? Principal Chen called you, right?"

"No, I guessed it. And there are traces to follow. The news of his coming to China has been reported on the Internet."

"Really! I don't even know! Are you still so well-informed while hiding in the laboratory? Principal Chen also asked if you could come back. He also said that he is a partner after all, and followed I spoke for 10 minutes."

"Well, I haven't finished my work here, so I won't go back. When he arrives at night, I can ask him to go to my study to video with me."

"Eh... there is nothing important in your study that needs to be kept secret, right?"

"The waste manuscript paper has been taken away, what else is there? Just tell them that the desktop computer in the study room is empty. I usually use the laptop computer for surfing the Internet and store important materials. I brought it to the laboratory. The side is coming."

In terms of information security, Ning Zi is still very confident.

The truly valuable information is actually in March's mind, or distributed and stored in memory all over the world.

March really brought cloud storage technology to the extreme. Wherever there are computers in the world, there are its memory fragments, and the software that can read these memory fragments has not yet been developed.

"That's fine, I'll just let him into the study at night, and then I'll contact you. Remember to take your phone with you around eight o'clock in the evening."

"Okay. Where are my cousin and Yulin?"

"I went to get the report card together in the morning, and then said that to celebrate the official winter vacation, Professor Fang took them to the amusement park. I actually wanted to go, but who knew that Principal Chen asked me to stay at home again, saying that he might ask me for something. , Hey...it's a pity."

"What's the pity? When my project is over, I'll take you to play."

"That's all right, you don't need to go back on your word."

"Don't worry. I still have an experiment, so I'll do it first."

"Well, remember to eat."

"Will do."

After hanging up the phone, Ning Zi looked at Sanyue and asked, "It's been more than 20 days, it's winter vacation, and it's almost New Year's Eve, isn't it almost the same on your side?"

"Meow, in fact, 97 complete laboratory records have been sorted out, and 26 batches of finished materials have been produced, including three finished materials that can be displayed directly without special observation equipment. At present, the entire set of equipment has been adjusted To the best condition, it is recommended to release this great news during the Chinese Spring Festival, so that many Chinese people can have a happy and peaceful Spring Festival."

"Are you sure it's a happy and peaceful Spring Festival?"

"Meow, otherwise why would I set the date for the opening of the Astronomer Century Forum during the Spring Festival? Three former Nobel Prize winners related to astrophysics have accepted the invitation, and there are many potential Nobel Prize winners in physics." Invitations have been made, including research on black holes, microwave radiation, and so on.

Just think about it, more than 100 of the world's top astronomers and physicists will come to this grand event during the Chinese New Year to witness that China's plan to conquer the starry sky is about to start.Well, what kind of name is enough to choose?March plans?Tiangong Project?Star Wars project?What do you think? "

"Oh, the Star Reaching Project."

"Meow, this sounds good, but it's not too domineering."

"But materials alone are not enough?" Ning Zi changed the subject.

"Meow, I happen to also have a catalog of ultra-large component precision assembly technology, a catalog of large-scale variable cycle engine matrix control technology, a catalog of fixed-axis force field drive technology assembly, comprehensive warehouse life support environmental cycle technology, and high damage resistance. Loop energy redistribution technology and structure self-repair technology.

Of course, if necessary, integrated space battlefield situation monitoring and multi-machine space coordinated supply and recovery can also be added.Meow, these were developed by many boring people before, and I installed a complete set of technical standards in my mind, and they can be used at this time. "

"Oh!" Ning Zi nodded, he still had confidence in March.