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

So we've been chatting about your famous giveaway your Legos career advice, this idea of how this advice applies in today's very strange AI world. The narrative right now is literally like, okay, we hired this new employee. This new employee is the smartest employee that you have ever met. I want you to pour every single thing that you know into this employee and then they're gonna take your job in six months.

Like who the f wants to do that? Here's the big question, Molly. Are there any Legos you should not give away? In AI land, I think we gotta caveat this. There are some Legos that shouldn't be given away.

There's just some work that shouldn't be outsourced. Which is a radical departure from your advice over the many years. You individually are phenomenal at a set of things. Don't outsource it to these weird robots. that, you know, are effectively summer interns.

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