The people, places, and habits that define the Valley.
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Software developers returning to work after parental leave are finding their roles radically altered by AI automation, exposing a widening gap in corporate support.
As competition for roles at elite AI labs intensifies, job seekers are paying thousands of dollars for specialized coaching to pass Anthropic's notoriously intense, therapy-like interview process.
Three years into a sustained return-to-office push, Bay Area tech is discovering that physical proximity does not, on its own, rebuild the trust that distributed work eroded. The result is a quieter, more uncertain office than the one anyone remembers.