Why do companies lay off their best engineers? w/ Vasilios Syrakis

Thank you WorkOS for sponsoring. Try them out for here https://neetcode.fyi/workosYou can find Vasilios here on Youtube and Linkedin: https://www.youtube.com/@vsyrakishttps://au.linkedin.com/in/vsyrakisThe Full Episode:Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4pqIupaKYWHl8D4pZMr5hL?si=1-ESZEHzSTK8K_wJyxLFLwApple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/building-the-future-of-coding-opencode-with-dax-raad/id1867041268?i=10007528976500:00 - Intro 0:53 - Why did Vasilios make the video?6:43 - Why did Atlassian lay off talented developers10:43 - Life at Atlassian19:04 - Design choices and regret23:49 - Learning from Experience26:38 - Does Python make sense for large projects?31:36 - Engineering is just tradeoffs 44:46 - Did AI make Atlassian go faster?45:56 - Will programming skills decay long term?51:44 - Vasilios's background and not finishing High School1:00:06 - Preparing for interviews1:07:40 - Favorite BooksFor sponsorship & business inquiries [email protected]🚀 https://neetcode.io/ - A better way to prepare for technical interviewsSecond Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@NeetCodeIO🧑‍💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/navdeep-singh-3aaa14161/🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/neetcode1#coding #leetcode #python