Netflix introduced ad-supported tier in 2022 and things been great since then - subscriber growth, price increase ... and stock has responded really well.
I’ve seen this “stress ≠ skill” gap play out again and again. The Microsoft study the OP cites is brutal. Yet most prep advice (“just grind LeetCode”) still ignores the cortisol factor.
One thing that’s helped me, as both an occasional interviewer and a frequent interviewee, is recreating the stress loop on my own terms. Friends rarely push hard enough, and a paid coach is $150+ an hour. Lately I’ve been working on a little side-project Tough Tongue AI: a voice-driven agent that drops you into a live code editor, throws follow-up questions, even interrupts when you go off-road, then gives a feedback at end. It’s not magic, but after a few sessions the “somebody’s watching me” adrenaline spike starts to feel familiar.
If live coding interviews are here to stay, a repeatable way to train the physiological side of the test, not just the algorithms would be helpful!
Our Voice AI Agent makes it extremely simple and engaging to learn new language - create card dynamically, asks multiple-choice-questions, uses diagrams, does role play ...
Sorry. Realized I added very few details. Always-On Debugger is a tool that enhances your terminal experience by automatically detecting errors and providing debugging assistance using AI. It acts as a wrapper around your existing terminal, intercepting commands and their outputs to offer real-time debugging support. It's really simple to use and install: just prefix your terminal command with "debug".
It was our AI devtool hackathon project. Wondering there is more to this idea to improve debugging experience in terminal or that's it!
I try to give 30 minutes of time exploring what's new. But I learn new stack way later when I actually need to used in my project (and I vaguely recall reading about it somewhere).
Ask 5 people around you what they need help with? Try to help them with technology to achieve their goal. Then it's a choice whether to keep it as side project or expand.