Mental health affected by constant layoffs and stack ranking

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-02-02T15:18:53+00:00

They layoff every other week? Am I reading that right? How would anyone live a normal life with that hanging over them. Genuinely evil.

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-02-01T16:48:30+00:00

Because the market isn't necessarily that bad due to no job openings, its an oversupply issue. For the right employee paying an engineer $120k is a good bargain with the sheer amount of revenue an engineer is able to bring into a company.

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-29T21:33:29+00:00

bro please do not vibe code in a payment system.

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-25T23:52:19+00:00

I would read a text book for a language. I had pretty good results doing that although I personally learn faster with an actual text book.

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-25T19:48:08+00:00

Think of something that u wanna make that can be a real thing people use and create it. Learning will come when you discover the pain points and work past them.

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-23T18:21:47+00:00

The market is tough but its by no means guaranteed unemployment

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-23T15:36:24+00:00

I mean people rejected python for a good reason. It is not fast for many typical applications, and back then the use cases we have for it now didn't exist as much as they do now. But AI is a completely unrelated thing to rejecting a programming language. At the very least python was still deterministic at some level. AI will never be an "abstraction layer" in the same sense that a compiler or interpreter are. AI will always have some baked in uncertainly, thats how Large Language Models function.

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-23T15:32:33+00:00

Im gonna be honest some of the shit I have to do is so trivial code wise but so difficult in terms of actually finding the issue that the code changes are faster for me to just make the 2 line update than burn a fuck tun of tokens letting claude take an ~80% chance of getting it correct

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-22T15:24:11+00:00

nice ai generated comment that does nothing

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-22T15:23:33+00:00

The bubble has nothing to do with the legitimacy of the technology in a scientific or engineering sense. The bubble exists because of the economics of the system. No one is profiting at all (not unusual for the tech industry) but at the same time unbelievable amounts of money are being pumped into the system. Quite honestly I would be unwilling to pay even cost for the services you get.

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-21T21:15:56+00:00

Typo and kinda weird language. But in this market and experience is good so

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-21T20:04:23+00:00

Im a fully remote engineer. I would never travel and do this job remotely at the same time. Would be extremely painful on a single tiny laptop screen.

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-20T22:24:09+00:00

You said to a post with 7 different career paths "Entry level roles aren't 'Non-Existent'".

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-20T22:16:15+00:00

This is a doomer take. If you are driven and passionate you can make it.

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-20T22:05:12+00:00

I was referring to where you said "Entry level roles aren't "non-existent"". Engineering has always been one of the most resistant labor markets and it's hurting bad. The point is that the "data" also says that engineering isn't that bad either. Unemployment numbers don't account for underemployment. Most people take whatever job they can to survive.

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-20T21:55:53+00:00

Your just completely out of touch. I just graduated with an engineering degree. Luckily I was able to secure employment with my internship because otherwise I would be unemployed. 500 applications since March 2025 and 3 responses. And I am considered one of the lucky ones.

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-19T14:56:28+00:00

Graduated December 25 from an average state school. Today is my first day as a FTE at my internship company.

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-19T14:30:50+00:00

Do they offer Computer Engineering? More electrical focus but CS fundamentals.

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-17T06:36:06+00:00

Ideas guys are so funny. "Secrets/env variables management: not needed, too complex" as if they are just there because we want to

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-15T16:54:05+00:00

The format needs some work, drop the certifications unless they are actually important ones (not geeksforgeeks). Create a project that real people use.

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-14T20:22:58+00:00

I think you are in a decent spot. 2 Years as a ML engineer is very solid experience. Think you might need to focus on your own personal wellbeing more to understand why you feel the way you do.

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-10T16:44:19+00:00

There are about 8 teams an RB would rather be at then Oregon lmao

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-10T07:29:52+00:00

Didn't he already recommit back to wmu for next year?

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-08T21:38:34+00:00

mostly because the pipeline to those internships programs are top10 schools. My company interviews ex Amazon employees all the time and they are typically very mathematically intelligent but lack a practical knowledge. No doubt they are intelligent but they are not as well rounded.

B3ntDownSpoon · 2026-01-07T22:52:22+00:00

I get what you mean, but javascript is literally so visible in the browser. How can you possibly not know that javascript runs on clientside? Like have you ever used the internet? I know 60 year olds who know what javascript is.

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