I feel like I work well even without the new C++ features smart pointer stuff, simply because:

1. Most of my projects are solo and I keep all flows in my mind
2. I started programming with C, then understood memory on systems as well as I could and then came to C++

Yeah, it’s different projects, most probably on different levels.
And considering recent layoffs, having different calibre of programmers on each.

I feel like they are just trying to Subliminally push Go and failing at the Subliminal part.