Biggest ways working in big tech (instagram) has changed in practice in the last 12 months:
- Nearly no handwritten code. i haven't written a single line by hand since March and have shipped features to 100 million+ users.
- Human code review has become rare to non-existent. mainly because it's impossible to keep up. i predict in 2 years we'll look at python the way we look at assembly today.
- Little time on roadmap prioritization. why choose the *best 5* of the 10 projects when you can test all 10 and 3 more you didn't think of before.
- Meeting time has significantly reduced. the opportunity cost of useless meetings is way higher than before.
curious if this matches what others are seeing. will share next what hasn't changed or got worse.