Good news: We are back up and everything should be working as expected. We are monitoring closely to ensure you have full service. We plan to publish a public postmortem to explain what happened and how we'll prevent similar issues in the future.
Really apologize for the disruption, unrelated to the events of this week and also not related to the voice rollout. The team is working fast on a fix! Hang tight.
Are the only people that didnt threaten to leave H1B’s and other sponsored employees that are worried about getting deported if Microsoft isn't a 100% sure thing?
You're not missing anything, it appears OP missed the mark on when to post this to drive engagement, and where to cross post it.
This is why it's important to hire someone who's good at community engagement rather than pawning it off on someone who doesn't have the existing skill set to drive positive community engagement.
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Please put them in touch with me if possible. RelationalAI has similar GC issues which they are the core Julia developers are working hard to resolve.
I have also seen zero postings for Julia roles in cyber security companies so it is likely that they aren't tapping into the community which is why they can't find people.