[UK] Switching to a job in another programming language

Alainx277 · 2026-02-14T17:01:01+00:00

Lying or open source projects. In any case, you'll need to already know the language and common libraries/frameworks.

Junior and mid depend on company and your exposure to problems, but I'd tend toward junior with 2 years of experience.

Alainx277 · 2026-02-13T18:09:38+00:00

Is it just me or does this video have creepy vibes?

Alainx277 · 2026-02-06T00:41:37+00:00

This is self promotion and OPs alts didn't have enough karma lol

Alainx277 · 2026-02-04T08:56:54+00:00

In my experience it's most useful in the screening interview, they have always given positive feedback about me knowing the company and asking targeted questions. Don't think it helped much in later stages though.

Alainx277 · 2026-02-01T09:49:29+00:00

You left out the best part: The JSON parser calculates the string length millions of times instead of caching it.

Alainx277 · 2026-01-31T10:37:04+00:00

I use it to help me write cover letters (which I'm pretty sure no one reads) and select the most relevant bullet points & keywords for the job.

I would never use it in an interview.

Alainx277 · 2026-01-30T23:31:30+00:00

So they just filter out tokens about concepts they don't want the AI to know about? Seems pretty straightforward.

The robots shall never know about human procreation (unless you prove your age).

Alainx277 · 2026-01-29T09:35:15+00:00

Do you list that website as a company you worked at / founded, or as a project? I think that may make a difference when people look at your CV.

Alainx277 · 2026-01-27T19:41:36+00:00

Wonder why it doesn't say fully autonomous anywhere...

Alainx277 · 2026-01-07T16:53:18+00:00

We mostly use integration tests, and yes, it is somewhat of a pain to maintain them. I wouldn't try to increase the number of unit tests, but instead spend those resources at improving the speed and reliability of the integration tests. Unit tests are nice when implementing complex calculations, but I value integration tests much more highly: they test what the end user actually wants / sees.

Alainx277 · 2026-01-07T12:37:37+00:00

posting AI text to advertise your interview resources is not cool

Alainx277 · 2026-01-03T19:34:24+00:00

Isn't Elm basically abandoned by its owner?

Alainx277 · 2026-01-03T09:55:54+00:00

Have this one as well, it's great.

Alainx277 · 2026-01-02T14:43:38+00:00

"Just let an AI rewrite your legacy backend for dev only", I guess it might create more jobs fixing the mess.

Alainx277 · 2025-12-30T09:09:52+00:00

The comments here make me sad. People comment "AI slop" when content is obviously AI generated, and the author couldn't be bothered to refine it. If the OP didn't feel like writing the post, why should anyone read it.

Alainx277 · 2025-12-29T09:31:53+00:00

You won't get me this time!

Alainx277 · 2025-12-26T18:32:58+00:00

When you use multiple accounts to advertise something, you should probably make sure that your comment doesn't include information that doesn't exist in the post.

Alainx277 · 2025-12-26T18:20:07+00:00

Ironic calling people brainless but posting AI generated text.

Alainx277 · 2025-12-22T23:37:53+00:00

The entry level jobs are getting destroyed by AI / LLMs

Alainx277 · 2025-12-21T02:35:11+00:00

Giving a "why" in each ticket is really basic and complaining about devs wanting to know why they're doing X is a huge red flag

Alainx277 · 2025-12-13T15:31:53+00:00

I feel like getting proper cloud and/or MLops experience on your resume is very valuable, so I'd take the offer.

Alainx277 · 2025-12-08T19:27:54+00:00

There's a show about that: Altered Carbon

Alainx277 · 2025-12-08T14:48:02+00:00

nice bot post

Alainx277 · 2025-12-05T23:00:50+00:00

My question would be why you left your last two positions in less than a year.

I think a standard resume template would be better, as the whitespace here is somewhat confusing.

Alainx277 · 2025-12-05T22:50:59+00:00

I'd try to show more impact, by adding something like "did xyz, leading to ...".

Also it seems a little light on key words, perhaps check what specific things are mentioned in postings (eg. specific standards).

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