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747s and coding agents
Comparing a career flying the 747 and a career coding with AI assistance.
I'm Carl Kolon. I'm an engineer at Anthropic. I live in Palo Alto. Previously I worked at xAI and Vannevar Labs. Before becoming a programmer, I was a Submarine Officer in the US Navy. Before that, I was a Trident Scholar in Mathematics at the US Naval Academy. This is my personal website.
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Comparing a career flying the 747 and a career coding with AI assistance.