This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Felix Wallis, 23, a research engineer from London, who works at Artificial Societies. His education, internship, and employment have been verified ...

About a year ago, I started learning how to code in Swift, Apple’s app development language. The idea was to eventually be able to build my own iOS apps from scratch and rediscover the fun of coding.

As part of my AI coding evaluations, I run a standardized series of four programming tests against each AI. These tests are designed to determine how well a given AI can help you program. This is kind ...

Felix Wallis landed a research engineer job at an AI startup right after graduating from college. Instead of mass-applying for roles, he focused on demonstrating interest in startups he liked. He got ...