I often get emails from junior engineers asking me what to do.
Here's what I just wrote to one of them
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Another thing I forgot:
Get to a company that lets you use as many tokens as possible.
Get to a company that lets you use as many tokens as possible.
7:50 AM UTC · Oct 19, 2026 · 9.2K Views
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Man there's so much more to say... Somehow everything changed but also really not?
8:00 AM UTC · Oct 19, 2026 · 7.5K Views
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Addition: x.com/thorstenball/s…
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“The whole digital world is now malleable. The only thing that matters is knowing what you want and knowing that you have it.”
A senior engineer said this when I spoke at the investment bank.
So what should junior engineers learn?
A senior engineer said this when I spoke at the investment bank.
So what should junior engineers learn?
2:55 PM UTC · Oct 19, 2026 · 3.3K Views
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