>"Looking up from the deck of golden gate bridge at the towers and metal work, the towers rise and arch back in an ominous and foreboding manner. more artistic, like an alphonse mucha propaganda poster - slightly fish-eye feeling" -- https://i.imgur.com/vyNg79f.jpg
I won't describe how we're doing what we do, but I have to say that we work with a lot of unknown variables, and we have to structure the query and data, clean it, and return it to the user in the right format.
I'm rusty with specific languages and skillsets I rarely use (e.g. I don't use CSS every day, and forget Python JSON/XML/IO interfaces).
If I need to do something that requires those skills, it used to take me an hour to get up to remember how to do everything, and another hour to do the work. With ChatGPT it took ~15min as it handled all the boilerplate/basic stuff I was previously grabbing from documentation. It's not hard or impossible to do without it, but it did save me significant time.
If you're an efficient engineer with photographic memory, it will not significantly improve your workflow. If you're an average generalist programmer who uses Stackoverflow more than once a day, GPT models will save you time.
One more healthcare note - I had a lapse in coverage between jobs and my state health exchange (Thanks Obama!) was ~1/2 the COBRA price. That's what was recommended by my HR company at the job I was leaving. This was in CA, but similar situation in MA.
Yes, it's an absolute dick move. If it's that bad, accelerate his cliff and let him leave early.
Had a situation where I was let go 2 months before my cliff in an advising/part-time situation, and while I won't say anything negative about the company and most of my colleagues, I was honest in respect to the exec teams behavior. Zero of the 4 applicants who I relayed that to accepted their offers. Was my small equity stake worth (potentially, may have had other reasons) 4 hires?
Some of the popular restaurants in my town use a booking app called Seven Rooms, which does not have a "notify me" feature like Resy & OpenTable if there are cancellations on a date you're looking for.
Made a bot to check for my desired dates and times and ping me if something opens up.
I think it really depends on school Z. If it's a flagship, top in-state school (Michigan, Berkeley, UCLA, Virginia come to mind but aren't the only ones), you may have a better social experience and still have the ability to meet top talent. If it's one level below that, I'd consider MIT.
E.g. In CA I'd put Berkeley/UCLA at close to MIT for undergrad and a more fun place, but I'd choose MIT over UCSB or UCSD for academics and future career options. Not that there aren't smart, driven students at those schools, resumes speak for you to some extent and will open more doors.
You're not the only one making this decision, other smart kids are making the same choice. I chose a large state school over smaller, "higher ranked" private schools and regret nothing. I had a much more "fun" experience than any of my friends who went to those other schools, and I find most of their friends pretty unlikable (douchey rich kids).
