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The grief, loneliness, and burnout sweeping through the tech industry right now

The grief, loneliness, and burnout sweeping through the tech industry right now

Molly Graham revisits her classic "Give Away Your Legos" career advice for an AI era, exploring grief and burnout in tech, the difference between delegating to AI and to humans, the overblown fear of job displacement, which Legos should never be given away, and what effective managers should do now. Key ideas include treating AI as a junior intern, the human sandwich model of vision and review, and reframing careers as evolving rather than disappearing.

Builders Unscripted: Ep. 4 - Pietro Schirano

Builders Unscripted: Ep. 4 - Pietro Schirano

Pietro Schirano, Founder & CEO of MagicPath, discusses his pioneering work with GPT-5.5 and Codex, transforming creative ideas into software and hardware solutions. He details using advanced AI for image-to-sound conversion, multi-agent workflows, resurrecting obsolete tech with new functionalities, and building his company, MagicPath, on the principle of humans directing AI agents. This interview provides deep insights into the creative potential and practical applications of cutting-edge AI for developers and entrepreneurs.

How AI is changing Software Engineering: A Conversation with Gergely Orosz, @pragmaticengineer

How AI is changing Software Engineering: A Conversation with Gergely Orosz, @pragmaticengineer

Gergely Orosz, author of The Pragmatic Engineer, discusses the bizarre trend of 'token maxing' in Big Tech, the evolving role of software engineers in the AI era, and why companies are heavily investing in internal AI infrastructure despite uncertain productivity gains.