Coding/chip design skills have a lifespan of a year at most before full commoditization.

Coding/chip design skills have a lifespan of a year at most before full commoditization. | that that skill has a lifespan of a year at the most... your Python writing, code slinging skill like that is a complete commodity within a year.

that that skill has a lifespan of a year at the most... your Python writing, code slinging skill like that is a complete commodity within a year.

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