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I remember the CEO of Zoom last year or something saying that AI would go to meetings for you.

If the AI is doing all the work, why do you have a job again?

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A tacit but likely freudian slip regarding the fact meetings are not equal to work.

We believe effective communication about real work is what makes both interviews and meetings productive

I ought to have written "valuable" work. Though this specific comment related to the Zoom CEO's statement regarding sending AI avatars to meetings which is a whole other issue.

With regards to Prepin, I actually think it looks hugely valuable and has potential to help many people. In fact, I can see it being expanded to so many educational areas in the future. Nice.

More and more, whether you have a job is a function of your political utility, not your output.

what ultimately matters is your ability to solve real problems and deliver value through code. Our platform focuses on helping candidates effectively demonstrate their genuine technical skills and problem-solving abilities

that doesn't matter as much beyond a certain level (L7+)

you make a valid point - at L7+ levels, the role becomes much more complex with leadership, strategy, and organizational dynamics playing bigger roles. While we currently focus on helping developers up to senior/lead levels demonstrate their technical abilities, expanding to support higher-level leadership positions is on our roadmap

In a lot of professions (software is a prime example), meetings are where work is created, not where it gets done.

Work was needed before the meeting. If anything the meeting eliminates work that won't be done.

that's why our interview prep platform focuses on teaching developers how to effectively communicate their technical decisions and problem-solving process, rather than just meeting skills

our AI is a practice tool to help you improve your actual interview skills, not replace them. Just like a flight simulator helps pilots prepare for real flights, our platform helps developers prepare for real interviews where their genuine technical skills and experience matter.

if i can get an ai to talk for me and give my opinions, i could have a way bigger impact influencing the ai on where the code/design smells are and what to do about them, vs actually attending all the meetings

real software development requires human judgment and collaboration that can't be delegated to AI. While our platform helps you practice communication skills, the goal is to make YOU better at expressing YOUR technical insights, not to have AI speak for you in actual meetings

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