figure out the mission and then learn any skill you need to succeed at it (instead of the other way around)
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Bootcamp Grads and Database Abstraction: The Full Stack Paradox
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Perhaps my real hot take is that databases are the CS grads abstracting away all the Hard Problems so that us bootcamp grads can cosplay being "full stack" with literally 1 day of SQL experience before getting hired to make 6 figures making rectangles on server vs on client
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Keep Technical Skills Sharp: Jobs Over MBA in AI
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Do something that keeps your technical skills alive and cutting edge. That’s probably a certain kind of job and not an MBA.
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AI-Backed Engineers: Infinite Robot Army Productivity Model
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The right model to think about productivity in software engineering is to consider that each engineer is backed by an infinite army of robots.
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Engineering Talent Cannot Be Measured by Headcount Alone
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Number of engineers – like number of artists, number of scientists, number of thinkers – is a completely useless metric.
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Facebook Content Moderation: Human Labor and AI Limitations
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This from @CaseyNewton is what moderating Facebook is actually like – and no one has gotten any closer to making it easier with robots. https://
theverge.com/2019/2/25/1822
9714/cognizant-facebook-content-moderator-interviews-trauma-working-conditions-arizona
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Tech Talent Shortage Threatens Long-term Company Growth
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I don’t know about very long time. It’s long-term future must surely be in doubt now, albeit not shot-term. There is always a scare supply of truly talented production level software developers & data scientists & I doubt leading talent will want to work for Musk now.
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Debating the impact of AI on future employment
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To say that jobs will be lost as a result of AI is incredibly shortsighted.
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Human-produced Internet content will approach zero
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The fraction of Internet content produced by humans will inevitably dwindle to near zero.
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Soft Robotics Secures $26M Amid Workforce Shortages
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Soft Robotics raises $26 million as staffing shortages continue across industries https://
tcrn.ch/3hQZia7 via @techcrunch