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The vibes around the present AI boom aren\u2019t great, even within the tech industry, in response to a lengthy social media post<\/a> from Menlo Ventures partner Deedy Das.\u00a0<\/p>\n Das described San Francisco as \u201cpretty frenetic at once,\u201d as \u201cthe divide in outcomes is the worst I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n Using a \u201cback of the envelope AI calculation,\u201d he projected that there are around 10,000 people\u00a0\u2014 founders and employees at corporations like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia \u2014 which have \u201chit retirement wealth of well above $20M,\u201d while everyone else worries \u201cthey’ll work their well-paying (but <$500k) job for his or her whole life and never get there.\u201d<\/p>\n Plus, \u201clayoffs are in full swing,\u201d and \u201cmany software engineers feel that their life\u2019s skill is not any longer useful,\u201d resulting in confusion about one of the best profession paths and \u201ca deep malaise about work (and its future),\u201d Das said.\u00a0<\/p>\n This prompted some eye-rolling on X, with entrepreneur Deva Hazarika arguing<\/a> that \u201cthe general public on this post\u201d are \u201cincredibly fortunate and might simply make a alternative to be pleased.\u201d<\/p>\n