u/CaptainKubernetes wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Just to clarify — there’s no conflict of interest here. I’ve already gone through the proper internal process at Microsoft and got clearance. On the rest: I’m not involved in Codesmith’s pricing or marketing strategy, so that’s not something I can really speak to. My role is foc
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
1. Last week you or your bot said that you asked your manager if it was a conflict and that they worked at Microsoft for 25 years and said there wasn't. So if you since then went through the entire internal conflict review process and are confirming that then I will acknowledge that. I've been around the block here and any super senior engineer will warn you on this topic. Some companies don't even let you mentor at bootcamps and consider it a conflict. Instead of seeing this as an attack, see it as advice. I've seen many people get in trouble for conflicts.
2. You said in a public talk about two months ago with Course Report that you weren't using AI on the job and wanted to more and would consider new roles that use AI more internally at Microsoft or at another company. If you are updating this and now saying since then you have extensively used AI the whole time then I will update accordingly.
I have zero problem with you having very little experience but a problem with you pretending you have a lot.
I don't think you are even internalizing this and that's on you. If you want to be peak Dunning Kruger then do it and fall into the same old pattern.
You'll be more successful if you try to absorb what you can from my feedback even though it's very blunt and direct and make improvements instead of pushing back on it and questioning the source.