Google Engineer Prioritizes Learning New Skills to Avoid AI Burnout
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- March 3, 2026

The original Stream Deck Plus had fewer buttons than the standard Stream Deck but offered expanded functionality through four additional dial controls and a touchscreen above them. The screen showed the functions mapped to each of those knobs, but they could also be used as buttons, in addition to other functionality. Instead of just triggering
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Pratiksha Patnaik, a 30-year-old cloud infrastructure engineer at Google Cloud Consulting, based in Seattle. Her identity and employment have been verified by Business Insider. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I’ve been with Google for around three years and I started as an
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