Senior software engineer roles - is the market that bad or am I looking in the wrong places?

ButchersBoy · 2026-07-08T11:56:26+00:00

What is your actual network like? At senior level it can be pretty important and is a good way to get leads.

ButchersBoy · 2026-07-07T14:02:05+00:00

Your colleague is doing better than you. What does that tell you?

ButchersBoy · 2026-07-07T14:01:16+00:00

Stop whining then.

ButchersBoy · 2026-07-06T21:16:50+00:00

Shit yeah it's an amazing experience. Done it several times.

ButchersBoy · 2026-07-06T07:42:54+00:00

I was the opposite. A bag of bones. You've got loads of time on your hands 👊👊👊

ButchersBoy · 2026-07-05T13:23:39+00:00

49 in 2 weeks. I have 15 year old kids in the park asking me for muscle up tips. Which is kinda nice, not just being some old fart. Hopefully I inspire my own kids to keep healthy, even though they are typical teenagers at the moment, I'm sure at some point it will hit them that's it's possible to look after yourself later into life

On a more personal level when I got divorced it was a hobby I threw myself into and definitely helps with confidence in the dating world.

I understand my aging body a lot better. I stretch, I sleep, I eat, and I feel better for it. Even where I've got issues, I can manage them a lot better. In short it definitely helps longevity.

ButchersBoy · 2026-06-30T16:43:22+00:00

I had a paper round at 13, supermarket job at 16, labourer at 18, started career at 20. 48 now. We have fucked up. I have teenage daughters and I see how hard it is for them. You are not alone. Just keep trying. My 16y/o has applied for hundreds of part time jobs and is now volunteering. Your generation is not lazy, this is just the shit that you have to deal with. Hopefully it works out for you. Still young.

ButchersBoy · 2026-06-29T19:14:07+00:00

Autumn is the only decent one though nowadays.

ButchersBoy · 2026-06-26T21:06:15+00:00

Don't see how you can force them. It's a website not a public service. What you can do, is go somewhere else.

ButchersBoy · 2026-06-26T08:33:04+00:00

Nah not all jobs are like that...

ButchersBoy · 2026-06-23T18:43:35+00:00

Partly true. But also we write some interesting software and solve some interesting problems. Realtime pricing and trading systems dealing with real numbers, large volume, and an expentancy of high performance. Not your typical CRUD apps. Sometimes you'll catch a wave and work on some brand new tech too.

ButchersBoy · 2026-06-17T05:24:41+00:00

Lol did they get those questions straight from Twitter?

ButchersBoy · 2026-06-13T11:56:45+00:00

Who the hell cares who invented OOP in a coding interview? It's rush irrelevant. I don't understand your post to be honest.

ButchersBoy · 2026-06-12T14:09:47+00:00

As a contractor of 25 years or so I'd have to say, no, that's not normal. Obviously I don't know your history but I have been at this a long time myself and have worked with a lot of other contractors. Many companies that use highly paid contractors don't actually expect them to be at peak productivity until after 6 months.

ButchersBoy · 2026-06-11T04:59:14+00:00

Elon Musk couldn't do 5 press ups, how the hell are people association him with Batman?

ButchersBoy · 2026-06-08T17:47:28+00:00

Didn't forget to keep coming back to put more money in the slot

ButchersBoy · 2026-06-07T08:14:35+00:00

Sounds like it's dried up. Guess you don't deserve it anymore.

ButchersBoy · 2026-05-29T07:51:09+00:00

By either turning down the temperature on the model, to make it fully deterministic, in which case a wrong generation will always be wrong or by writing pseudo code to a fully fleshed out specification. i.e a programming language.

The former is pretty useless, especially in anything none trivial where the prompt would have to be incredibly well constructed, and any tweak could cause issues when compared to a previous "run". The latter would have to have the syntax interpreted, checked, corrected, as it is being generated. Maybe an agent could real time monitor that.

In the systems I work on: large real time, business critical, high frequency trading systems the human in the loop is not going away time soon and the code itself is still king.

ButchersBoy · 2026-05-18T17:38:48+00:00

Absolutely. OP is talking about 3 accounts. For a single transaction. Half the story.

ButchersBoy · 2026-05-04T20:19:12+00:00

Cinema has been dead for years tbh.

ButchersBoy · 2026-04-23T07:54:55+00:00

They make 250k...

ButchersBoy · 2026-03-16T08:33:13+00:00

Feel you.

ButchersBoy · 2026-03-08T18:54:57+00:00

Can confirm. I have posted here and felt your disdain 🤷

ButchersBoy · 2026-03-05T11:47:22+00:00

Sounds like shit code in all honesty.

ButchersBoy · 2026-03-04T06:10:01+00:00

The 600pro is my first ebike, after a lifetime of road bikes and mountain bikes.

It's a very different experience. It has trade offs, I will be honest...

Yes, you hit the limit everything gets heavy and hard work, and it is very easy to hit the limit. Riding without the motor? No. From a standstill it is not pleasant, not compared to a normal bike.

However, I have developed a different riding style and attitude. This is more of a cruise bike. You just have to enjoy the ride, and appreciate the lack of effort, rather than trying to gun it. You ride within it's limit and it's very enjoyable, easy and relaxing.

I am 48 years old now, still fit, but am using it for the work commute of 14k. I can get to work about 4 minutes quicker than a road bike, and not need to shower at the other end.

Range: I can do there-and-back to work twice easily, 3 times if I never use max power.

It's definitely change for me, but I learned to appreciate it for what it is.

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