This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Steve Huynh, a 42-year-old from Seattle, Washington. It has been edited for length and clarity. A friend used his connection to land me an ...

Amazon Q Developer works well for completing lines of code, doc strings, and if/for/while/try code blocks, but can’t generate full functions for certain use cases. When I reviewed Amazon CodeWhisperer ...

Steve Huynh transitioned from creative writing to programming, landing a contract role at Amazon. He faced an eight-year struggle to get promoted from senior to principal engineer. Huynh achieved his ...