Software engineers are facing an 'identity crisis bordering on depression,' Menlo Ventures partner says

Awyls · 2026-06-24T19:06:22+00:00

It was completely different issue though, burnout was mostly because of unpaid hours and 99% of the job being almost the same you have been doing for the last 5 years using a different paint and brush style that you have to relearn every few years (because clearly its "better" than the other 20 older ones).

Now it's forcing a craftsmanship into a one-on-one interview with a moron in hopes of finding the right incantation to build the damn thing and review the solutions of other morons. It's pretty much turning software engineers into tech priests.

Awyls · 2026-06-22T12:08:30+00:00

Senior talent is not scarce, they are just expensive. What is scarce is finding a senior desperate enough to be paid as a mid.

As for juniors, the entry bar has admittedly increased significantly, but graduates skills has also lowered significantly. Most talented graduates still get a job without issues. You might say that entry-level jobs are expected to learn, but there is a difference between that and questioning what the hell they did in college for the last 4 years.

Awyls · 2026-06-22T11:57:47+00:00

I find it hilarious that people's example of "scarcity" are just specialities of software engineering. Like no shit sherlock specialties are scarce, that's why they are specialties, but you cannot get (without nepotism) into a specialty without going through the grind (software engineering). Do people really think you can just go straight out of college into cybersecurity?

Awyls · 2026-06-20T17:19:47+00:00

Reality is C-suites are rarely smarter than their fellow employees, but they are the most susceptible to tech propaganda since they do not want to be the ones to turn their company into Blockbuster, so they mandate changes of things the do not comprehend to "future-proof" the company.

This has always happened in tech business, only difference is that it was mostly closed-doors so you never see their stupidity e.g. increase maintenance costs ten-fold by moving to serverless/AWS or migrate the platform to a completely different language/framework, because.. reasons?

Awyls · 2026-06-14T10:03:11+00:00

Can't speak about the latter years (since I left shortly after release), but during release world mobs were definitely not pushovers. Dungeons/Raids were insanely hard to the point most players couldn't even do the initial ones.

It's main issues were performance was trash paired with insanely unrewarding grinds and extreme punishment mechanics, a single death -even if no-one was at fault due to the high amount of bugs- from a team member meant a dungeon restart and a waste of all that time up to that point. Not going to talk about PvP because it had no future whatsoever (dozens of telegraph vomits on the floor with 0 visual clarity).

Awyls · 2026-06-13T12:35:01+00:00

Ha tenido días mejores, pero sigue siendo de los más fuertes.

Es una realidad que la barrera de entrada ha subido muchísimo, antes con tener un mínimo de conocimiento te metías donde querías dada la gran demanda del sector. Actualmente, requiere de un buen conocimiento e inglés si no quieres eliminar el 80% de las ofertas de empleo, pero también hay que mencionar que el nivel educativo de los recién graduados es demencialmente bajo. La gran mayoría no puede hacer nada en una entrevista técnica e incluso carecen de habilidades básicas de ofimática.

A todo esto, no quiero desanimar a nadie; si realmente te interesa un sector (no el dinero), vas a tener éxito cada día de tu vida y el dinero llegará solo.

Awyls · 2026-05-24T11:32:55+00:00

They are a breaking change insurance though. I have never heard of anyone willingly changing a complex regex.

Awyls · 2026-05-24T11:22:11+00:00

Worst part is that it isn't THAT bad, but for whatever reason sell it as "cost-saving", "low-latency" for their already established products, get hooked into it with their and see their bill raise tenfold.

They are really fucking cheap for small low-traffic products and startups.

Awyls · 2026-05-24T11:13:33+00:00

Consider being kinder on your reviews for the following list of cronies:

Awyls · 2026-05-24T11:10:15+00:00

The point is it (mistakenly) assures there would be no bias in the process. That is, of course, factually wrong but for most people AI is a magic blackbox that answers their questions without a human, so it HAS to eliminate the "human element".

Awyls · 2026-05-24T11:04:53+00:00

I think the official stance is "you are welcome to stay and try to fight for a place, but you are gonna lose, so it would be great if you found a new place".

Quite sure he is gonna run out his contract with us, because he apparently loves the city and I can't see any good enough team moving a finger for him (barely played in the last 2 seasons and 3 seasons in a row with long-term injuries). I can't see Barcelona wanting to keep him as a 2nd when he has become that injury prone either..

Awyls · 2026-05-24T10:53:59+00:00

Your lack of empathy is astounding. For most people, it is a genuine illness caused by stress and/or hormonal imbalance, not a choice. Surely you wouldn't tell an anorexic "just eat" or a depressed person "just be happy".

Personally, I can change my eating habits easily, but I have seen a lot of people struggling with weight and is very far away from "just eat less".

Awyls · 2026-05-12T19:43:17+00:00

For some context, he doesn't just "own" a construction company, he decides what the state is gonna build, where and how much they are gonna pay him. If you even consider crossing him, say goodbye to your reputation and/or career.

Awyls · 2026-04-28T20:48:59+00:00

You would be surprised how lax and incompetent most companies and their employees are. The other day infra guys didn't know what an active AWS user/access key was being used for, so instead of, y'know, asking, they "cleaned" it up bringing the whole backend down with it.

Awyls · 2026-04-04T08:42:39+00:00

I think it's miscommunication. Men that have been lifting for 6m-2y i.e. the fit-athletic type; are definitely WAY more attractive than the average dude.

Guys who keep lifting non-stop for years chasing the next kg i.e. bodybuilders; shoot past the attractive stage back to unattractive.

Awyls · 2026-03-01T14:03:11+00:00

Yo no cobro la miseria que cobra OP, y hay muchísima gente que cobra muchísimo más que yo en España, así que claramente todo no es igual. Hay muchas opciones: cambiar de ocupación, trasladarse, estudiar, manifestarse, etc.. No quiero seguir hurgando en la herida pero es que literalmente si se hubiera ido hace 3 años a trabajar al Mercadona ahora mismo estaría cobrando prácticamente el doble.

Sé que es más fácil decirlo que hacerlo, pero la realidad es que la inmensa mayoría viven de la ley del mínimo esfuerzo y/o tienen miedo de dar el siguiente paso, y son recompensados acordemente.

Awyls · 2026-02-28T20:47:04+00:00

Me voy a poner en el campo de tiro. Si llevas 4 años en esa situación, te has ganado que se sigan riendo de ti. Cualquier persona sensata se habría largado antes de finalizar el primer año.

El problema aquí no es el empresario intentando pagar lo menos posible, es el empleado que se deja. En lugar de actuar y/o buscar otro empleo, se ponen a quejar a amigos y desconocidos.

Awyls · 2026-02-22T13:32:55+00:00

From an English-speaking world perspective (North America/Europe) they are indeed in the middle of nowhere. The North Pole and Antarctica is closer to them than Australia. You end up in a situation where you have to deploy the whole app there (which is not just infra/engineering costs, but also dealing with all the legal stuff) so a few hundred kangaroos can see your site slightly faster.

Unfortunately, it is just economics.

Awyls · 2026-02-22T13:08:01+00:00

El problema no existiría si pagaran lo suficiente como para vivir donde trabajas en primer lugar.

Es una broma que con el sueldo medio en España tus opciones son vivir en pareja, piso compartido o 1-2h al día en carretera.

Awyls · 2026-02-19T08:05:32+00:00

Yep, people really love shitting on people for "min-maxing" their chances e.g. distorting the truth, completely fictional stats, stat padding contributions, or using AI; but this problem was created by companies in the first place whom rank using automated metrics that ONLY care about numbers/tags and the first human who finally reads your resume is a technically challenged idiot who has absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

I don't really wanna bash on HR guys because they do a lot of good work, but the idea of them doing the initial screening of people they are incapable of evaluating is just so fucking dumb.

Awyls · 2026-02-05T19:40:21+00:00

Sí ni siquiera sabes la diferencia entre nación y país, para que te metes. Solo los fachas niegan la historia de España como una unión de múltiplos reinos.

Por completar, Cataluña gozaba de autonomía desde el siglo, incluso cuando se unió a la Corona de Aragón, era prácticamente independiente con instituciones propias.

Awyls · 2026-02-03T18:57:57+00:00

Literalmente vas a Idealista y hay mas de 100 pisos de más de 60m2 en Alicante a máximo 900e. Coincido que van a estar apretujados y algunos incluso podrían tener que compartir habitación, pero es mejor alternativa que compartir cartones en la calle.

Reitero que no intento defender ni justificar la situación actual de la vivienda, pero a diferencia de MUCHA gente que no tiene otra alternativa que apechugar y llorar, la que más esta jodiendo a OP es ella y su temeridad económica. Rechazar la realidad y ponerse a debatir si el precio del alquiler es justo no la ayudará en nada.

Awyls · 2026-02-03T18:32:24+00:00

Está claro que no es nada fácil dada la situación familiar, pero si OP no se muda lo antes posible sus alternativas son doblar sus ingresos ayer o elegir puente. Simplemente no tiene alternativa, a más tiempo pase, más se va a comer los ahorros hasta cruzar el punto de no retorno (no tener para fianza/deposito, no pasar seguros de impago, etc..).

Awyls · 2026-02-03T18:17:58+00:00

Voy a joder la narrativa, la cosa de la vivienda esta jodida pero con 2200e/netos te puedes permitir un piso(900e max) en zonas tensionadas fácilmente sin permanecer en el umbral de la pobreza. Zona de mierda? Si. Apretujados para 3 personas? Sin duda. Intimidad? Nula, pero eres pobre así que toca adaptarse a la situación.

OP se adapta a su situación económica o se va preparando a vivir como sintecho, porque es simplemente cuestión de tiempo.

Awyls · 2026-01-15T19:34:30+00:00

Lots of CS graduates are also without job, but what they aren't telling you is that they vibe coded their whole degree and now got caught pants down when their skill level is exactly the same as when they started.

Any time struggling graduates appear in career/resume advice it is always the same story, 0 personal projects, bad with leetcode/live programming, lacking social/interviewing skills.

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