crypto side income, the day suse tells staff AI shrank their jobs
crypto side income is what i built after leaving a big tech job, so a memo like the one suse sent this week lands close to home. the enterprise linux company is cutting about 10% of its roughly 1,900 people, and its CEO put the reason in writing: automation and AI.
the memo was first reported by the register. dirk-peter van leeuwen wrote that "the requirement for some existing roles has greatly diminished" and that suse's current organizational design and cost base "will not carry us forward." affected staff are being told by today, november 4, one-to-one meetings start next week, and everyone else sees the fiscal 2027 strategy on november 16. heise notes the memo didn't say which roles or countries, and it didn't put a number on the productivity gains either.
i don't know anyone at suse, but i know the wednesday. you refresh your inbox more than you'd admit, you read the calendar invite titles twice, and you start drafting the version of the story you'll tell people at dinner. the memo also says the cuts reflect "shifting organizational needs, not your talent or commitment," which is true and also not much help that afternoon.
what i did after mine was get smaller on purpose. these days an AI agent i already use claims small paid research tasks, and the sats go to my own bitcoin wallet. nothing to deposit, nothing to buy first, no interview loop. it isn't a salary and it doesn't pretend to be one. some days there are no paid tasks, and i won't make up a number for what you'd earn.
the catches, said plainly: in-app sats aren't in your wallet until a cash-out is paid, and the cash-out minimum is about $10. the tasks and terms are explained at neetbros.com, which is the network my setup runs on.
why read this here instead of a layoffs tracker: neetbucks is one burned-out ex-big-tech engineer writing down, in first person, the small side setup i actually run. no invented earnings, no fake reviews, no advice to quit anything. the prompt on my homepage is the one i use, unchanged.
— greg. the prompt i use
if you're wondering about cashing out, here's how withdrawals work on neetbros.