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I can do it myself and it's not a huge hill to climb, but I don't necessarily have the time to do it. There is also the time that needs to be dedicated towards maintenance (upgrades etc.).

Congrats! I went to your demo and asked for words that end in agi. This is what I got:

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agi, agi, agi, agi, agi, agi, agi

These are some of the words that end in agi. You can also use the word agi in a sentence. For example, "I am going to the grocery store to get some agi."

These are some of words that end in agi.

These are some words that end in agi.

maximize, maximize, maximize, maximize, maximize, maximize, maximize, maximize

These are some words that ends in agi

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So I think this needs more work to get to "as good as ChatGPT". But having said that, congrats on the landing

Yeah it's a short article and not a long form analysis. So yes, by don't definition it's shallow.

It's expressing the author's discomfort and so it's pessimistic.

I think those are fine.

Who will prompt? Yes, the manager.

HIIT vs. regular cardio is not micro optimization (in your words). Trying to figure out the exact heart rates might count as one.

An analogy to what you are saying would be this: Studying in MIT vs. any random university should be the same. "Go to college, study hard and you will be fine. It's not rocket really science."

Your other points are valid.

It's funny you say that GPUs are general purpose.

It's almost like a universal law that generic stuff is helpful only to some extent, after which you need specialization. That's why we do PhDs I suppose. And that's why you have cardiologists.

Somewhat orthogonal comment. Was reading this book "The coming storm" where the author Michael Lewis talks about chaos theory, and how you could go back to one (small) thing that is at the root of who you are. For example, DJ Patil had dyslexia, and that made him not do well in the school, and so he ended up going the off-beaten track and hacking his school systems etc. Years later, he was hacking into US Weather service's data, and many more incidents later, he became "Head of Data Products and Chief Scientist of LinkedIn" and later worked for Obama.

Parallel here is that one guy's mischievous behavior has such a massive consequence.

If I don't like you, I could give this to you without your knowledge and report you. The point being, it can fail and can be misused.

Learning to Learn 4 years ago

I have switched to Remnote to take better notes of books I read as well to use practice spaced repetition, but it is hard to make a routine of practicing the cards. :)

Yes, by "making the switch" I was not referring to just suddenly become director material. It is basically how I can change how I learn. What you have mentioned is useful, thanks, and I am trying my best to do all of those, but how I improve is linear at best. I see others who grow better than linear, and would like to emulate them. Ultimately my goal is not to just strive towards a Director, but to become a solid performer who strategizes/works like one.

I read "ride of a lifetime" by Bob Iger last month. It was a pretty nice book, similar to ShoeDog by Phil Knight. I learnt a lot about leadership, about Bob himself and started to like him (even though I had no idea about him before the book).

A few things that stuck with me: 1. Have three priorities or less. Otherwise people can't relate. Jim Collins also said: "If you have more than three priorities, you don't have any". 2. He did everything to show that he cared about what his people were doing. He would take part in many aspects of the star wars movie (and be there). This sent a message, a good one. 3. Earning trust is important. He did Pixar acquisition well. That earned the trust of Marvel CEO.

I recommend checking that book out.