The country selection menu seems to include countries from around the world. It sounds like only the first and last weeks are actually on-site, the rest in async/remote.
Yeah, that helps put this in perspective. At first the headline sounded like a somewhat jarring and sudden staff cut, but if we're essentially just seeing Google migrate TLMs to TLs, that actually makes sense.
I think the issue is ChatGPT. I find it to be the worst for writing shippable code beyond a single function. It plays too many mind games. If I’m trying to get any non-trivial amount of code done, it’s Gemini Pro 2.5 all the way.
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