Episode notes
Last episode, it might have been said that you can become a senior engineer in just one short year. Our amazing slack community spoke up and had some thoughts on that as well…we revisit that, and what does senior even mean?! Join us for that and much more as Allen plays more with ChatGPT, Michael […]
Coding Blocks
by Allen Underwood, Michael Outlaw, Joe Zack · English · Tech & Science
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