E25 China bans foreign tech, cooling tech job market, US government crypto crackdown, Block earnings, Addy’s investing principles

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I have another edition of Addition for you! You can watch it on YouTube here:

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00:00 Welcome and intro

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01:00 Episode 24: From flight attendant to IBM software engineer interview with Jasmine Herd

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E24 From flight attendant to IBM software engineer, an interview with Jasmine Herd

01:37 Microsoft Atlanta

01:54 Crypto markets

02:30 Stock markets

02:44 Interest rate hikes impact on the markets

03:34 Addy’s investment principles

04:45 China ban’s foreign hardware and software

Article: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/china-orders-government-state-companies-to-scrap-foreign-pcs

Bloomberg article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-06/china-orders-government-state-firms-to-dump-foreign-pcs 

05:56 China’s history of separating from the West

06:25 US Treasury sanctions cryptocurrency mixer Blender.io

Article: https://therecord.media/cryptocurrency-mixer-sanctions-ofac-blendrio-lazarus-group/ 

06:35 What is a cryptocurrency mixer?

Episode 4 on Ronin hack:

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Ep. 4: Markets Up, Why $BTC and $ETH? $600M Ronin Hack, $HOOD Extends Trading Hrs, WeCrashed

08:06 Nvidia find for ‘inadequate disclosures’ about crypto mining revenue

Article: https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-sec-charges-nvidia-with-inadequate-disclosures-about-impact-cryptomining-2022-05-06/ 

08:57 Background on crypto mining and chips

09:43 Block (Square) earnings

11:50 Career segment: updates on tech employee layoffs, hiring freezes, and rescinded offers from the Pragmatic Engineer Article:

The Scoop #10: Another Chill Hitting the Tech Market

13:21 What Addy is geeked out about this week

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Cheers,

Addy