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Offices also have to be good enough to warrant having to travel hours each day to get to/from them, which is a pretty tough to compete with for a lot of people

I'd heard that it was because certain advertising partners had pulled out of Twitter for various reasons.

You're probably right that user numbers could be having an impact there as well, but I haven't seen any sources that are showing direct evidence that they have dropped

As long as they're getting enough user engagement, which drives ad revenue, they don't care.

Apart from the Reddit protests (which they will just force an end to by replacing mods) has there been any objective evidence of engagement or number of active users going down on Twitter or Reddit so far?

Interested to see how this type of thinking will be applied to Twitter.

Since Musk's acquisition last year it doesn't seem like there have been any major new features added to the platform, thought they would have been able to ship something more substantial by now.

Those apps clearly add value to their users and the mods using the extra features.

Still find it odd that Reddit doesn't just buy out those apps, seems like it would be mutually beneficial to just about everybody.

Surprised to hear that teams are having weekly 1 on 1s for project updates. Is that actually common in the industry?

Always been in environments where they are run every 2 to 4 weeks and focussed on personal growth, career development, motivations etc

Like the idea of the bot asking clarifying questions. Takes away some of the prompt engineering skill needed, and is more aligned to how people would interact around requirements.

Do any of these types of these code generating LLMs execute and test their own code yet? Seems like something that would be key for further automation

One recommendation is to focus less on tech challenges and more on working in an industry / company / team that is solving problems that are meaningful to you.

There are many worthwhile problems in the world that can benefit from building high quality technology solutions.

It's unavoidable that there are going to be times where the day to day is mundane, but at those times it's great to be reminded that you're still working towards solving a problem that you are passionate about.

Can be easier said than done to find work like that, but maybe a different perspective on how you can find that motivation.