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Writing Python, I'm not sure. Just like writing COBOL and Fortran didn't doesn't really matter right now. Right? Or, like, writing c plus plus in many cases may not even matter. So Like speaking Latin? Yeah. Exactly. And so, yeah. Yeah. And I think many ways, maybe English is the Python of the future.

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But, yeah, writing Python, I'm not sure. Just like writing COBOL and Fortran didn't doesn't really matter right now. Right? Or, like, writing c plus plus in many cases may not even matter. So Like speaking Latin? Yeah. Exactly. And so, yeah. Yeah. And I think many ways, maybe English is the Python of the future. And how do you think about in this age where maybe expertise is getting free or something? What are humans good at? I'm not sure. I'm I'm really not sure because,

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This is a powerful contrarian take that challenges conventional wisdom about coding skills. The Latin analogy makes it instantly quotable and shareable. It's provocative and counter-intuitive - exactly what gets shared on social media.

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I realized that a big company just wasn't for me. It was hard to get stuff done. I had four different managers within a year. It took me eight months before I shipped anything through production. So really, it was I was, like, 22 at the time and I wanted to build. I wanted to cut back into startup. So I quit my job exactly the day my stock went to October 2015.

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I realized that a big company just wasn't for me. It was hard to get stuff done. I had four different managers within a year. It took me eight months before I shipped anything through production. So really, it was I was, like, 22 at the time and I wanted to build. I wanted to cut back into startup. So I quit my job exactly the day my stock went to October 2015.

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My mind is blown, like, once every couple weeks. And yeah. And and and so it comes sometimes you just have to really play with and experience it yourself. And two is probably consider joining, Frontier Labs. So probably especially for all the founders.

Direct, actionable advice to founders with personal vulnerability (mind blown every couple weeks). The call-to-action about joining Frontier Labs makes it immediately actionable and quotable.

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I think having problem solving, critical reasoning matters a ton still, because coding is just a a way to express formal logic. And that a lot of that is grounded in, like, problem solving, critical reasoning, first principle thinking, and things like that.

Explains the fundamental mechanics of what will matter in an AI world. Practical insight about skills that transcend technology shifts, making it valuable for professionals navigating career decisions.

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I'm not sure. I'm I'm really not sure because, like, you can argue even the AI today is superhuman in many ways. Right? Like, it can solve open math problems. It can do coding competitions.

Honest vulnerability from an AI expert admitting uncertainty, followed by concrete examples of AI already being superhuman. The admission of not knowing creates authenticity while the examples provide substance.

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My mind is blown, like, once every couple weeks. And yeah. And and and so it comes sometimes you just have to really play with and experience it yourself. And two is probably consider joining, Frontier Labs. So probably especially for all the founders.

I think having problem solving, critical reasoning matters a ton still, because coding is just a a way to express formal logic. And that a lot of that is grounded in, like, problem solving, critical reasoning, first principle thinking, and things like that.

I'm not sure. I'm I'm really not sure because, like, you can argue even the AI today is superhuman in many ways. Right? Like, it can solve open math problems. It can do coding competitions.

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