The state of the 2023 tech market (Changelog & Friends #23)

Gergely Orosz is back for our annual year-end update on the tech market, writ large. How is hiring? Has AI really changed the game? What about that OpenAI fiasco?

We also talk in-depth about Gergely’s self-published book, The Software Engineer’s Guidebook, which has been four years in the making.

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Featuring:

• Gergely Orosz – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• The Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter
• The Software Engineer’s Guidebook
• Anthropic

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!