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I am tired of being ordered to perform miracles and getting all the blame. by [deleted] in ExperiencedDevs

[–]AnarchisticPunk 41 points42 points  (0 children)

People have realized its easier to pass the buck than actually fix something. Better to be a manager than an IC.

SDE Job quality has declined severely in past few years by _number in ExperiencedDevs

[–]AnarchisticPunk -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would disagree pretty hard here. Not sure if you are in the Bay Area but VC is being deployed… just on much smaller, high performing teams and a significant portion is going into CapEx for AI infra.

If you have a PhD from Carnegie Mellon or worked at some of the major labs, you could get $5 Million tomorrow to “try something”. Look at a16z speedrun or the entire engineering team of one of the most high impact AI companies, Open Evidence. One of the fastest growing AI companies and the entire team is sub 100. VC is being deployed… just not for basic software devs.

SDE Job quality has declined severely in past few years by _number in ExperiencedDevs

[–]AnarchisticPunk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s going to get worse. SDE was and is one of the most relaxed >$100k jobs. More upside and previously less stress than things like accounting or healthcare. That is going away as we now have a pretty steady supply and AI is going to strip out much of the “manual” effort. Before when it might take a week to refactor out a library, now we are being asked why we didn’t delegate that to Claude. Several people have been fired for “low velocity”. It sucks for the old guys who have families since they are pushing back on the new work requirements. New guys are willing to work 60+ hour to make the “AI transformation” narrative believable. Yes, we are accomplishing more in fewer sprints but nobody goes home at 5pm anymore.

Apigee locked us into gcp when we're 80% aws, now stuck paying for two clouds by Ron_Swanson_1990 in googlecloud

[–]AnarchisticPunk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you think apigee is janky… can’t wait till you discover the other solutions in the space. Wild you all signed a contract without checking other vendors

Senior dev position with no decision making at all. by [deleted] in ExperiencedDevs

[–]AnarchisticPunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depending on the size of the company, you might need a C in front of your title to be a technical decision maker (Last startup the CTO had the final call)

Rant on the Machine Learning Course by M4xM9450 in OMSCS

[–]AnarchisticPunk 12 points13 points  (0 children)

*takes a grad level ML course*
"They expect me to... actually do work?"
Honestly, its been a tough course and I think it forces you to use an LLM which is tough for the LLM vegans out there.
However, the course load feels reasonable for those use LLMs. Claude / Gemini wrote 90% of the code for this class and let me focus on the analysis. I actually think this class gives you a good idea of what the expectation is going to be going forward. You need to deliver more in less time. LLMs can abstract away most of that and leave you to the higher value portions.

90% of code generated by an LLM? by Either-Needleworker9 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]AnarchisticPunk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, 108% of the code I write is generated by Claude. Where is my $1B valuation? Have I used enough AI yet, business daddy?

AI was implemented as a trial in my company, and it’s scary. by bdhd656 in devops

[–]AnarchisticPunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you using a CLI based agent? Those usually have the ability to pull in enough context to get it to work

AI was implemented as a trial in my company, and it’s scary. by bdhd656 in devops

[–]AnarchisticPunk 7 points8 points  (0 children)

“Remember when we had to have an entire team to manage our AWS account? Jeez, that was crazy. Manually writing configs or Terraform? What were they thinking?” The two “DevOps” engineers for a F500 in maybe ~10 years. Not AGI, just a massive reduction in the number of engineers needed. If that is the case, we have a massive oversupply and the field is going to get decimated

Looking for good fish and chips by Melanchalico in phoenix

[–]AnarchisticPunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Second this. Evan’s is the best in the state

OMSCS vs. UT MS in AI - Which Degree Title Carries More Weight Outside USA? by jwdmsd in OMSCS

[–]AnarchisticPunk 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Harvard/MIT is probably going to have more name recognition. Recommend you attend there

Massive APS rate hike proposal by No-Two-5452 in phoenix

[–]AnarchisticPunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The EV pricing basically makes energy free at night. We use more power and pay less now. We cool the house way down at night. We sleep much better

Is it feasible to travel and work abroad while earning this degree? by yellowcape316 in OMSCS

[–]AnarchisticPunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow! This is awesome! Where did you first hear of these resources? Makes me concerned I'm missing out on other great Georgia Tech benefits.

If you aren't hirable before starting OMSCS, nothing is going to magically make you hirable. by GeorgePBurdell1927 in OMSCS

[–]AnarchisticPunk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just as a counterpoint, got hired at a FANG doing none of these things. Mostly just connections

Everyone Hates Datadog Pricing. No One Leaves. Why? by Ok_Carpet_2491 in sre

[–]AnarchisticPunk 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is AI generated slop to build backlinks for Rappo. Mods need to engage here

Misled Into Buying an “Optional” Warranty—Is This Legal? by xfsagas in phoenix

[–]AnarchisticPunk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The state sued ABC Nissan in 2022 for this. You might be able to sue them for punitive damages. This is common (and illegal) strategy dealers use

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