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[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you want to work in AI, they're hiring. The layoff was sold as a way to make room for more AI headcount.

[–] jayk@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

as someone who works at AMD and on AI, this is only kinda true. While we're not as affected by layoffs, AMD has been extremely stingy with budget this year. Maybe that will change in the coming months though

[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

As someone who works at AMD not in AI, that's how they explained it to us. Or I guess it was a bit more generic "highest growth areas" and "still hiring for positions aligned with our strategic priorities." Which we generally took to mean AI based on the gestures broadly at the market.

[–] jayk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

hmmmm, seems like everyone's getting fucked regardless then. I'm working on next gen MI stuff and it's pretty hard to even get a req right now. Management hasn't mentioned the whole "strategic priorities" thing to us, probably because if we're not a priority, then who is? AMD didn't really do a lot of firing before now, at least not that I'm aware of, so maybe this is how they're explaining it