So as clever and impactful as this “Dr. Turning Lovelace” data scientist is: his absence, actions, or career path are not the cronicles of a modern day tech hero or villian.
This is not how software works, especially not at a big organization, especially not in a field where everyone knows they can just print money.
Was he good at his job? Yeah probably. I’m sure he’s good programer that’s quite efficient and dedicated. That’s what “senior” means really.
But the reality of this world is that there are no new ideas. He can try to throw his titles around but the end of the day there’s nothing he does that 3 eager fresh college students couldn’t pick up, innovate on, and improve; for much cheaper and Google knows this (so does every other company). Software engineers, in general, believe they’re much more talented and valuable than they actually are
