EPISODE · Jun 27, 2026 · 13 MIN
Day 49 · Just a Prompt Engineer
from TingMate · host longcheng Ni
A slow English story about Back to work after the visit, meetings, a backlog, and just directing my AI assistant. 14 simple sentences. Word by word. About 14 minutes.📝 Today's sentences① Yesterday I saw my friend off. He flew back to China.② I wanted to go back to China too. But as an adult, it's time to go back to work.③ Because of my three days off, my work piled up. Now I've got a huge backlog.④ This morning I had three meetings back-to-back.⑤ One with QA, one with our contractor in India, and our team standup.⑥ So I got nothing done all morning.⑦ After lunch, I finally got into work mode.⑧ I went through my email, tickets, and team channel.⑨ I replied to every message, one by one.⑩ Then I sorted out my priorities.⑪ I synced up with my mentor.⑫ And then it was back to my day-to-day coding.⑬ Well, really, I just told my best assistant Claude what to do.⑭ I'm basically a prompt engineer now.🔑 Vocabulary• saw my friend off /sɔː maɪ frend ɔːf/• piled up /paɪld ʌp/• backlog /ˈbæklɒɡ/• back-to-back /ˌbæk tə ˈbæk/• contractor /ˈkɒntræktər/• standup /ˈstændʌp/• got nothing done /ɡɒt ˈnʌθɪŋ dʌn/• work mode /wɜːrk moʊd/• one by one /wʌn baɪ wʌn/• priorities /praɪˈɔːrətiz/• synced up /sɪŋkt ʌp/• day-to-day /ˌdeɪ tə ˈdeɪ/• prompt engineer /prɒmpt ˌendʒɪˈnɪr/🎧 New episode every weekdaySubscribe so you don't miss the next sentence.
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A slow English story about Back to work after the visit, meetings, a backlog, and just directing my AI assistant. 14 simple sentences. Word by word. About 14 minutes.📝 Today's sentences① Yesterday I saw my friend off. He flew back to China.② I wanted to go back to China too. But as an adult, it's time to go back to work.③ Because of my three days off, my work piled up. Now I've got a huge backlog.④ This morning I had three meetings back-to-back.⑤ One with QA, one with our contractor in India, and our team standup.⑥ So I got nothing done all morning.⑦ After lunch, I finally got into work mode.⑧ I went through my email, tickets, and team channel.⑨ I replied to every message, one by one.⑩ Then I sorted out my priorities.⑪ I synced up with my mentor.⑫ And then it was back to my day-to-day coding.⑬ Well, really, I just told my best assistant Claude what to do.⑭ I'm basically a prompt engineer now.🔑 Vocabulary• saw my friend off /sɔː maɪ frend ɔːf/• piled up /paɪld ʌp/• backlog /ˈbæklɒɡ/• back-to-back /ˌbæk tə ˈbæk/• contractor /ˈkɒntræktər/• standup /ˈstændʌp/• got nothing done /ɡɒt ˈnʌθɪŋ dʌn/• work mode /wɜːrk moʊd/• one by one /wʌn baɪ wʌn/• priorities /praɪˈɔːrətiz/• synced up /sɪŋkt ʌp/• day-to-day /ˌdeɪ tə ˈdeɪ/• prompt engineer /prɒmpt ˌendʒɪˈnɪr/🎧 New episode every weekdaySubscribe so you don't miss the next sentence.
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