cryptoboy2283

Best article I've read in years

Signals I've got from this post:

- Steve's company got acquihired by Amazon, granting him a free ticket in without all the torment of the multi-stage interview pipeline.

- It's a well known fact that it's easier to jump from one FAANG to another, so while interviewing at Google he had significant advantage, plus the blog gaining popularity.

- All of this has caused a deep down imposter syndrome, which resulted in an attempt to "improve" an interview process from the inside - but the wings were clipped pretty quickly by the corporate politics. It turns out that lawyers are not planning to reinvent anything there and hence are somewhat more important than engineers.

- The post itself is an self-applause over essentially a failed effort. "I've tried"

Linkedin is already bot-only

He's cooked

AI slop

No Elizabeth Line?

> Written by Product Manager at PARSIQ. Co-host at Basic Block podcast. Bitcoin, Ethereum, InfoSec.

Everyone's a grifter nowadays, innit?

Become scrum masters

> The US-UK base will remain on Diego Garcia – a key factor enabling the deal to go forward at a time of growing geopolitical rivalries in the region between Western countries, India, and China.

So nothing really changes lol. Just a couple of paperwork remarks

Oh god... another one of these digital preppers complaining about monetization by posting on Substack.

Giant wall of cunning metaphors to attract reader's attention just to end with a literal flop at the end:

> For now, I suppose, we can carry on...