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*The transition is easier/possible* In the short term AI's perceived benefit is making existing people more efficient. Engineers being more efficient means need for LESS engineers.…

Are these layoffs outside of of a normal range? If we assume the rate is consistent for the remainder of the month we can say `currentLayoffs * 2.5` using Layoff.fyi[0] numbers tha…

TLDR: I have a laptop riser similar to a roost stand, a usb-c second monitor, mechanical keyboard (nuphy air75), wireless mouse (Logitech g305). I also have kindle paper white. Ext…

I found 20-30 hours a week of work for an agency/staff aug company.

I use Calibre [0] for ebooks, and PDFs are just in a file on the desktop. I supose you could put them into calibre, but reading papers on an eink reader doesn't sound idea. [0] - h…

Yes, the pandemic motivated me to take an earlier retirement that switched into part time work, and perhaps a career change. Wife and I had worked toward FIRE for a while. In 2021 …

What is the pain you are looking to alleviate? YMMV with notion. I think your personal reflections are probably the most important part of this because personal productivity and or…

I have never used it for business cases, but I am in notion for at least an hour a day for personal uses. I use it for a daily planner, personal wiki, and ticker(getting things don…

I am very lucky, I don't have to do much estimation. I am just a cog in a machine, more senior people break apart work and I execute it. I tried to get a client who has a team in p…

I was based in Denver Colorado, and years ago worked full time for an agency/consulting company. I got my one and only client through a contact I kept in touch with at that agency.…

I first acknowledged burnout at the end of 2020. It took 6-12 months of struggling before a baseline could be established and to this day I don't feel "recovered" but I am improvin…

I realized that I have more respect for the development profession then I do for designers and I am trying to figure out why. Businesses seem to respect both enough to pay large am…