Matt Amdur

The other thing I wonder about, it's like, I just feel like if you wanted to give this message, right? So you, Andy Jassy, and by the way, I did the experiment of having ChatGPT write a message to the company about returning the office, wrote a much better, I mean, wrote like a much crisper email and a much more uplifting.

The other thing I wonder about, it's like, I just feel like if you wanted to give this message, right? So you, Andy Jassy, and by the way, I did the experiment of having ChatGPT write a message to the company about returning the office, wrote a much better, I mean, wrote like a much crisper email and a much more uplifting.

I just feel like you could do it in a way that would feel much more uplifting and much less punitive and much less like it's resorting to coercion. Yeah, I want to hear other people's experiences. So are people enduring office mandates now, return office mandates? How is it going?

I just feel like you could do it in a way that would feel much more uplifting and much less punitive and much less like it's resorting to coercion. Yeah, I want to hear other people's experiences. So are people enduring office mandates now, return office mandates? How is it going?

You just claim everybody.

You just claim everybody.

What do you think they're trying to accomplish?

What do you think they're trying to accomplish?

But that's, I mean, can we call bullshit on that, though? I mean, that's not, I mean, in so many different regards, right? I mean, in that it's, first of all, a lot of, I mean, so much of hardware is software, right? You're using EDA tooling to develop, whether you're developing an ASIC or you're doing a board or you're doing soft logic.

But that's, I mean, can we call bullshit on that, though? I mean, that's not, I mean, in so many different regards, right? I mean, in that it's, first of all, a lot of, I mean, so much of hardware is software, right? You're using EDA tooling to develop, whether you're developing an ASIC or you're doing a board or you're doing soft logic.

I mean, you're doing, and actually Nathaniel on our team has got a great blog entry on how you build a hardware team with a distributed workforce. I mean, not to, sorry, Matt, I'm sure that I'm telling you the things you already know, of course.

I mean, you're doing, and actually Nathaniel on our team has got a great blog entry on how you build a hardware team with a distributed workforce. I mean, not to, sorry, Matt, I'm sure that I'm telling you the things you already know, of course.

And this is in this regard though, Matt, I do think it does look like a dress code. You know what I mean? Where it's like, no, no, like engineers wear a tie in the office. Like why are, and you know, part of the reason that, you know, and Tom Lyon on here has talked about the kind of the West coast companies versus the East coast companies and how they, all the East coast companies got fired.

And this is in this regard though, Matt, I do think it does look like a dress code. You know what I mean? Where it's like, no, no, like engineers wear a tie in the office. Like why are, and you know, part of the reason that, you know, and Tom Lyon on here has talked about the kind of the West coast companies versus the East coast companies and how they, all the East coast companies got fired.

kind of disrupted by the West Coast companies in the 80s, in part because they're... I mean, McNeely's famous dress code for Sun was, you must. And that was kind of... There was a time in which, like, that was iconoclastic. And you're like, we are... the idea it's like, yeah, your idea of, of what an engineer is, is changing.

kind of disrupted by the West Coast companies in the 80s, in part because they're... I mean, McNeely's famous dress code for Sun was, you must. And that was kind of... There was a time in which, like, that was iconoclastic. And you're like, we are... the idea it's like, yeah, your idea of, of what an engineer is, is changing.

And then they have this engineer is in flip-flops and they're developing something that is a, you know, a chip and they're doing it in flip-flops. It's like, yes, these things can both be true.

And then they have this engineer is in flip-flops and they're developing something that is a, you know, a chip and they're doing it in flip-flops. It's like, yes, these things can both be true.

What's the dress code? Jesus. Yeah, exactly. Thank you. Same question. Go ahead.

What's the dress code? Jesus. Yeah, exactly. Thank you. Same question. Go ahead.