Building a silicon photonic startup means stepping into one of the most brutal talent wars in tech. You are competing for an incredibly scarce labor pool: engineers who simultaneously understand photonic architecture, ASIC/FPGA design, mixed-signal, RF design and advanced packaging. For a silicon photonic startup with unproven technology and limited deep pockets, assembling such a …
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How fast and how many job functions can AI actually access, accelerate, or replace? To answer that, I have scored every role across five dimensions drawing on my experience across four very different industry sectors and what I have observed during my career stints. I have then mapped the results onto four axes to visualize …
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Synopsis: As AI transitions from assisting with small tasks to autonomously managing full engineering work blocks, the innovator’s role is shifting from “doer” to “owner.” Drawing on a hands-on experiment building three Android apps in three months, this post explores why real-world deployment remains AI’s critical bottleneck, why human sagacity now commands a premium, and …
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