Should we really be talking about AGI here? LLM are interesting and may have security challenges but they're light years away from AGI.

Thanks for sharing this. I hope the best for your wife. I feel quite lonely in this situation but I'm extremely lucky to have a very supportive wife.

I actually wonder if you're an engineer at Meta because this isn't my experience at all. My whole team (in London) is working hard doing useful engineering work. The evaluation process is such that employees are pressured to deliver. I haven't seen anyone "relaxing".

To me, the problem with Meta is the constant focus on impact. There's little incentive to write robust software. Many tools are half-finished, fragile, poorly documented.

I did the other way around. Went from teaching (university level) to FAANG. I could discuss for hours about the pros and cons of each job, but the bottom line is that I can't afford not earning that money. I'll save every single dollar I can from my SWE job and think about something else when I'm laid off, but I'm not leaving on my own.

You sound like a prisoner. No disrespect intended. It really sounds like you would be happier somewhere else. I wish you that you find that place soon.