Mike (https://twitter.com/ukmadlz) and Jim (https://twitter.com/secondej) start the year with shenanigans, and the usual madness covering:

• Mastodon rejecting funding https://technology.inquirer.net/120533/mastodon-rejects-funding
• Tech salaries https://mastodon.online/@chaosmonster/109545607020550255
• CES provides https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/loreal-brow-magic-eyebrow-printer-ces-2023-news/
• Salesforce ELT wouldn't understand Slack https://fortune.com/2023/01/05/leaked-slack-all-hands-meeting-reveals-a-strong-culture-clash-and-growing-rift-with-parent-company-salesforce/
• AWS nuclear layoffs https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/05/tech_workers_in_the_firing/

And the usual off-topic tangents.

--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tech-off-topic/message