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How do you feel when you learn someone has been using AI heavily to help them write? Setting aside English as a second language. My knee-jerk is to find it disappointing. But maybe I’m missing some nuance. And I don’t…

Just a note of warning from personal experience. Companies don’t really need non-competes anymore. Some companies take an extremely broad interpretation of IP confidentiality, where they consider doing any work in the…

Is anyone working in AI or adjacent feeling burnout? Some things I’ve experience or heard about from colleagues lately at big companies * The Tech Bro CEO pressure to AI everything * completely discarding roadmaps or…

As someone that generally likes their day to day work, and dislikes arbitrarily Mandatory Corporate Fundays, I really just wish companies would stop this hack days nonsense. It just means I'm going to be more behind on…

Like I get it, Reddit has historically been more open. But I just find the drama boring. Most people don't use 3rd party apps. Most people browse Reddit through an official UI. Instagram, Snap, a bazillion other private…

I wonder if I'm the only one that feels this way. I suspect its a broadly felt phenomenon, based on the research on layoffs[1], of hurt trust, and demotivation among employees at large tech companies. Though nobody…

How do you deal with that person at work that: 1. Takes feedback as a personal attack. Gives feedback as a personal attack. Up to and including getting colleagues fired who have had disagreements with them. 2. Process…

People generally give managers A LOT of benefit of the doubt. It’s natural in normal, in-person work to assume as an employee we are the problem. Then you go out to lunch with your colleagues, and you get the ‘lay of…

I'm in a situation where my boss really doesn't get me or understand what I specifically bring to the table. She simply needs something different. I've tried to fit myself into what she needs like a square peg in a…

I occasionally get people contacting me for advice in my field. Random startups and whatnot. Usually I ignore them. I had a thought - it would be great to send them a calendly link to my schedule with a credit card form…

Maybe you’re hesitant to switch jobs - you don’t want to join a tech dumpster fire! What could we do to make tech quality transparency more available before employees join? Imagine a place you could lookup verifiable…

Having a tough time on your team? Bad relationship with your lead? Working on a death March project? Burnt out? A reminder you hold so many cards Your org needs you. There are so many software eng opportunities right…

I want to ask how people have dealt with a manager who is just bad at managing people. Not someone that’s a jerk, but rather someone with poor ability to delegate and not well attuned to interpersonal dynamics? How have…