Fun as an IC. Lack of clarity at senior leadership.
Fun as an IC. Lack of clarity at senior leadership.
Work/life balance.
There was an opportunity to work with some really smart people, sometimes.
I didn't feel I was always surrounded by top talent.
There was a lot of blind belief into AI.
There was more clarity in direction and OKRs. The company was overindexed in the wrong direction for AI, but that could be orders from above.
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