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Altman now says OpenAI has not yet developed AGI

CIO

A report written by Franois Chollet, an independent software engineer and AI researcher, said, ARC-AGI serves as a critical benchmark for detecting such breakthroughs, highlighting generalization power in a way that saturated or less demanding benchmarks cannot.

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Google, Stanford And The IDF: Professional Backgrounds Of Unicorn Founders

Crunchbase News

Engineers (21%), software engineers (17%) and product managers (14%) round out the most-common background roles a clear pattern showing that leadership, technology and marketing skills form the foundation of unicorn founder success. Illustration: Dom Guzman

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Compound aims to be a one-stop shop for tech employees to manage their finances

TechCrunch

Like many other tech employees, the two software engineers held equity in startups they had worked for, cryptocurrency investments and other illiquid assets. They’re deciding whether or not to exercise their stock options, thinking about if they should get a loan to exercise their options … Should they move states?

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Update on Software Engineering Career Ladder

James Shore

Just as the ladder sets new expectations of engineers, the management track sets new expectations for managers, with material about managing the system rather than just managing the work. Software Engineer Software Engineers contribute to the work of their team without explicit guidance.

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Joby Aviation secures certificate to operate commercial air taxis

TechCrunch

That said, Joby recently acquired Avionyx , an aerospace software engineering firm with a long track record of helping aviation companies secure FAA certifications. ” Joby Aviation eVTOL aircraft prototype.

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How to build confidence as an engineer: an interview with Glen Mailer, CircleCI Staff Software Engineer

CircleCI

From the technical executives to folks on the ground in engineering, management and site reliability, we wanted to know what “confidence” meant to them, and how it had changed over the course of their careers. In this interview, we spoke to CircleCI Staff Software Engineer, Glen Mailer. We hope you enjoy it.

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5 Can’t-Miss Talks and Workshops to Attend at QCon NYC

OverOps

QCon NYC is an international software development conference for senior software engineers and architects. It’s the conference professional developers have been attending for the past 8 years to find out what the world’s most innovative software shops are using. High Performance Remote and Distributed Teams.