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Notion is a VC backed company.

Less snidely, it's probably a lot more interesting to poke at AI integration than building another REST API. I bet there are more programmers putting their hand up to "explore that area" at the stand ups.



Since when do programmers get to work on stuff they want to work on?


I doubt they walk into work every morning and pick from a big board on the wall, but if you don’t have some influence over the kind of projects you’re working on, you should get a new job.


Since forever , every place I've worked has had insane amounts of autonomy for programmers


Well, looks like that is about to change:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33620662


Yeah we've lived in a good job market. Can't assume it'll last forever but giving programmers some autonomy is likely the best way to move a software company forward so I wouldn't be surprised if that continues


> Less snidely, it's probably a lot more interesting to poke at AI integration than building another REST API

People love to work for developer focused companies with a lot of freedom, but in all honesty most paying users do not care in the slightest what you are interested to put your hand up for.




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