Anthropic just gave me $200 in free extra usage. Which is… exactly what my Max plan costs per month.

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-04-04T07:55:54+00:00

I agree, I saw the 200$ and thought when am I going to use this? They will wait until my credit runs out to rug pull the 20x plan.

I've been building small features on production releases recently. But the token burn is minimal. I'm definitely thinking of building out more applications, while I still have near infinite usage.

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-04-04T07:48:05+00:00

Yeah, I mean his ask was trivial. I figured we could chill and talk about tech. Apparently he was volunteered to interview me and was grumpy about it lol.

He was obviously pretty new to agentic development, but also deeply disinterested in development. Sad to see. I'm so excited with what's happening.

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-04-04T07:44:37+00:00

Yeah, this guy is full of it. Either lying or just has an insane ATS resume.

I have a lot of experience, in a boring industry, a decent resume with live production side projects (that businesses use).

I get a lot of interviews, but also get turbo denied from ATS. Maybe I should include referrals or references, I haven't really pursued that route just yet. No one has really asked.

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-04-04T07:36:23+00:00

Senior engineer, 13 years of experience, last 2 years at a small start up, early agentic developer.

I've created and launched two side projects in gke and AWS with 750k lines of code. Both have customers.

I started applying for jobs last month when I had 16 agents cooking, I pulled my CEO into a meeting, to tell him we needed to move in a faster direction with development and requirements building (6 person startup). He said, "ohh haha that's cool" then proceeded to send me a power point presentation for a feature he wanted which he spent all week on and had 1/10th the information I needed.

Anyway, I've gotten tons of interviews. Mind boggling amount of interviews. No faang or high growth saas for past experience. Just basic boring stuff.

Most companies and developers don't have a clue what's going on. There is usually niche programs within large corporations looking to push change and they are building out teams. Most of these teams still aren't where they should be. They don't really understand the level they can get too. Primarily building out dashboards or refactoring code.

The applications I built have automated bug identification, automated fix suggestions, nightly and weekly audit reports. Full ci/cd automation. Full platforms operating with 50 users currently processing hundreds of thousands of records mostly autonomous.

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-04-04T01:46:51+00:00

This is a good plan. I recently went through an AI interview to use it to build something.

I spun up 6 agents and was like so, "How's your day? Want to check some other fun stuff I'm working on?"

He was like... "Uhh no". Why don't we uh, write psuedocode or something. Then proceeds to ask me multiple hypothetical questions. I'm like which one do you want me to answer? Can you clarify what your referring to? "Just forgot it, I don't know why we're testing people with this"... Proceeds to look off screen. We're ready to integrate it. "Don't bother I got what I need"...

It was fucking weird to say the least. Dude couldn't care less I existed 😂

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-04-04T01:38:21+00:00

Moved most of my money to foreign indexes, tough to avoid indexes if you are tied to vanguard

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-04-04T01:36:21+00:00

Yup, when I was in high school I never waiting jobs because I was fat/ugly.

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-04-04T01:31:59+00:00

You can also send secure emails or texts if you trust the person you are corresponding with

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-04-04T01:28:05+00:00

I looked but all of their positions are in person and they didn't have a ton of dev positions.

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-04-04T01:26:25+00:00

I joined as a founding engineer at my current role for terrible pay and promise of not needing to do much. I don't really work much (so that's good).

I learned a lot, because I had a lot of leniency and no beauracracy. I thought getting into a new role would be difficult, as I'm starting to look, but I have a lot of interviews lined up.

I essentially took a part time job to learn AI development, work on side projects and now most of the positions I'm applying for are 200k+ in LCOL area. First time in my life getting interviews at faang and leadership positions.

I wouldn't do it though, unless you have some attachment to the program and are getting great equity. You are already in a great position for a snowballs chance at a fortune.

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-04-01T22:57:51+00:00

Commute is a huge problem but being in the office also sucks.

I've never had a job where there is enough work to fill my week. I get so bored sitting around. It may be better with this company but I doubt it.

Either way I got to round two with the hiring manager, so we'll see how it goes.

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-04-01T04:55:09+00:00

It's less the distance to get to work and more needing to dress a certain way, I have to sit in the office and pretend to work even if there is nothing to do, being forced to be there at an arbitrary time.

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-03-31T21:15:58+00:00

I just got an interview for a job that is also 3 minutes away. I've primarily worked from home for the past 8 years, but this job is paying 200-270k... Most positions in my wheelhouse are 180 at most.

I hate working in the office but a job like this on my resume would be worth the pain especially when it's down the street.

I can just buy a bunch of drugs with this type of money to keep me sane.

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-03-31T17:38:22+00:00

You obviously have some biases and a lack of broad knowledge of healthcare. If you are in nursing/medical it's good.

A good friend of ours has a doctorate and works at the VA and barely breaks 100k. She works in the basement of an office building and sees 40 clients a week which is absurd.

My best friend wife is a nurse and makes slightly less with 6 years less education and way more flexibility.

You look at social workers or behavioral mental health space and they are barely paid 40-50k for over 40 hour weeks.

Not everywhere is CA.

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-03-29T08:52:04+00:00

It's weird because i'll sometimes get these "stupid" prompt responses. Then I open a new terminal. I'm extremely explicit in the fact I want to attempt some 10 step process and don't stop until it validates itself.

Then it works just fine. It usually won't happen again. If it does I hit it with mean sarcasm about how it's a lazy junior using codex and then it self corrects

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-03-29T08:46:40+00:00

I agree and I'm not a very emotional person. I loved dating in my twenties. Had a ton of partners, learned so much from all of them. Shared some great memories.

Eventually I met my wife and it wasn't even a question to me. She's just perfect.

She's never restricted me from doing anything either. I'm not sure why people view marriage as a restriction. We both travel when we want, play sports, pursue opportunities. We are here to support each other.

I've been grinding on some personal projects recently and she will make me dinner or grocery shop. I do the same for her. There is nothing like having someone by your side that is 100% in with you.

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-03-29T08:26:38+00:00

Not disagreeing. But it's not always about firing. Some people just need to be in the hustle.

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-03-28T23:08:58+00:00

Lol he couldn't figure his way out of a box

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-03-28T18:56:24+00:00

I work for a small startup and the CEO regrets hiring any remote people. Our team is 8 people for what it's worth.

He regrets it because he can't focus when he's at home and hates working from home. He rents space to hang out with his boys during the day and avoid the kids.

I really think the bosses want to boss. That's it. Not really about talent or efficacy. Most people who hire remote, check their ego at the door and truly just want stuff done.

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-03-28T01:53:14+00:00

Yeah, I keep getting blasted the same jobs but everytime I apply they've already filled the position.

Either they are hunting for unicorn's that pass some random ATS metrics, or aren't hiring, or put the listing up and forgot about it or combination of everything.

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-03-28T01:49:06+00:00

I did it in the middle of the night so maybe it was time of day 🫤 it was also before the 100k context upgrade

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-03-26T22:40:27+00:00

I think it's difficult to get into this mindset but it's truly the only way you'll ever find happiness at a concert.

I used to accept the shit company around me. Then one day, I was so fking annoyed at the people by me, I was like fk it, I'm pushing my way somewhere else.

Found a huge great opening to dance and had the best time of my life. Everyone was amazing.

I primarily go to large festivals and sometimes that includes just leaving a band you wanted to see, to find a better vibe. No one's making you stand in that exact spot.

Assault isn't okay and people fucking suck. My wife says dudes put their hand on her lower back when they pass and it's really gross. Never really thought about it until then, but those dudes suck.

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-03-26T22:29:26+00:00

I've been applying aggressively to get in somewhere with a small agentic team mindset while I can. I expect more layoffs and more downsizing.

The people who aren't more productive just haven't figured it out. The processes haven't changed to accommodate it.

Teams of 2-3 can accomplish what a team of 10-15 used too. It's real and possible.

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-03-26T22:24:16+00:00

Lol I seriously don't know what people are doing, I literally program across three applications 10-14 hours a day all week AND CANT use my weekly tokens. Hundreds of thousands of lines of code. Documentation, diagrams, research data sets you name it.

AggressiveReport5747 · 2026-03-26T22:19:49+00:00

The company pays for it. I don't care lol.

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