On Meta’s Q1 2026 earnings call, CFO Susan Li said the quiet part out loud. “We recently shared internally that we plan to reduce the size of our employee base in May. We believe a leaner operating model will allow us to move more quickly while also helping to offset the substantial investments we are ... Mark Zuckerberg Just Told 8,000 Employees Their Layoffs Are a Line Item in His $145 Billion AI Bill
Very few jobs offer stable employment, esp ones that are high paying.
You’re totally right. High reward, high risk. The trick is to maximize the reward by keeping risk under a threshold. Unless you’re 25 with no responsibilities then it’s balls to the wall, I’ll sleep when I’m dead.
You will come to regret wasting your life on work.