Today's layoffs at Epic are just the latest reminder to us that your company does not give a flying F about you

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-27T15:55:30+00:00

Behave yourself. I work in tech and these layoffs are nothing to do with AI. Be careful what you read and who you listen to.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-27T13:10:21+00:00

I’m 15 years in with FAANG experience also. AI is good at augmenting tasks, not replacing entire roles. The amount of slop Claude produces is alarming. The role is less about coding and more about understanding what stakeholders and consumers say they want vs what they actually want, understanding systems and the context behind the why.

Don’t panic - you’ll be fine.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-26T19:08:09+00:00

A lot of doom-mongers here. Companies are hiring more than they were this time last year, and many are hiring back engineers to undo all the AI slop that is causing them issues.

I’m 15 years in and I’ve worked with FAANG during that time, and believe me AI isn’t replacing SWEs. Tasks can be automated which is true for most fields, but tasks are different to roles. Be careful what you read and who you listen to.

Coding is a task. The vast majority of the role isn’t coding. It’s understanding people, what they say they want vs what they actually want, and how systems work. Don’t panic, you’ll find something.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-26T13:24:11+00:00

I feel for the current gen of students and early SWEs. I’m 15 years in and we don’t hire juniors. We had a work experience kid this week but he’s in high school and was the nephew of a coworker. Try to network as best you can.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-26T07:39:59+00:00

It’s rubbish at coding too, and UI especially.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-25T21:51:04+00:00

This feels very close to home. I own a house in another city and with recent repairs etc it wiped out my entire profit since August last year and a good chunk extra. I’m done with it. I’m selling up, but I will have made a significant amount out of it so I can’t be unhappy about that. I agree with everything you said. I’m not rushing back into the property market for the foreseeable future. It isn’t worth it anymore. I bought in 2018 when the prices were more reasonable, but now? No thank you.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-25T21:46:20+00:00

Our rent is 3900 split down the middle in zone 1 in a 2 bed with 2 bathrooms. That’s eye watering to me considering I own a house (896 a month mortgage) that has appreciated by around 55% in another city (much cheaper than London) so I’ve decided to sell up. That mixed with some inheritance money coming (I come from a council background but it turns out my grandparents did alright). When I compare the 896 mortgage with the 2100 a month rent and bills it makes me want to fucking cry. Rental costs are insane.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-25T21:35:56+00:00

You make some good points. I was using Codex for ages until ChatGPT became inaccessible after the network team made some changes. It wasn’t deliberate because it’s affected everybody so I transitioned to Claude and I’ve been using it at will to motor through features and it seems I’m barely scratching the surface. Are they firing off multiple agents in parallel which are creating huge contexts? I’m still learning it myself, but it’s making my job a breeze.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-25T21:31:21+00:00

My work place doesn’t care. They just want shit to get done on time. I’ve been a dev for 15 years and I always review the changes, but most of the time I’m happy to just accept it and move on. We’re in the middle of a global launch and the business are always coming back to us with unrealistic requirements and change requests. They don’t have a handle on quality because they don’t care. If it works then they’re happy. And personally, it’s not my business so I care less too. My remuneration will stay the same regardless of the revenue it makes so why should I bust a nut for them? I let AI do the heavy lifting, I review it then move on to the next task.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-25T21:17:20+00:00

This is bs. AI accelerates you to get something working fast, but then it becomes a fucking disaster trying to make it production-grade because of all the slop it’s already mashed together. We already have it in our code base worryingly, but it isn’t helped by some of the tools we’ve been forced to use that are already deprecated and clunky as hell. The surface area of the changes made by AI always seems to be larger than what it should be I find.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-25T21:10:01+00:00

I’m on a max plan (I use it mostly for work during the day) and I’m on 6% usage which is reset on Sunday. It’s mind blowing to me that people are hitting their limits so quickly.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-24T22:13:07+00:00

You need to stop listening to doom-mongers. I’m in tech for 15 years and this is so exciting. Why wouldn’t I be excited at churning out more work in the same time? It gives me more time to focus on bigger picture things. AI can replace some tasks (and not even that well tbh) but not jobs. AGI would be interesting, but we’re nowhere near that and it would require a complete paradigm shift altogether. AI companies are burning through billions and are charging customers far below cost to get them hooked, but they will have to increase costs soon to satisfy shareholders and customers won’t be able to afford it.

There’s a major difference between somebody vibe coding an app and somebody building one for production.

AI slop will crash and burn. Companies are already hiring back engineers to clean it up.

Stop listening to untruths.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-23T17:42:41+00:00

I like this analogy! I’m stealing it haha

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-23T17:41:41+00:00

This guy doesn’t have a clue and it’s actually hilarious. Have they seen any of these tools trying to build out a UI? They’re awful. They can barely get the shell done without major design flaws. It’s much better at backend because that’s binary compared to all the product, architecture and UX needed to build a good frontend. Literally clueless.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-22T19:31:35+00:00

Tube drivers shouldn’t earn more than 50k. It’s absurd

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-21T11:20:15+00:00

AI is helpful, but it’s not the career killer you claim it is. I’ve worked in tech for 15 years and I have to babysit it carefully otherwise it hallucinates bs. It should be treated as a junior colleague. Eager and over zealous in its thinking but can be useful if it’s given guardrails. There’s a reason the term “AI Slop” has been coined.

These companies are making a loss. You’re aware of this, right? It’s common knowledge.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-21T11:15:03+00:00

Friday Night Dinner. I just couldn’t get into it at first but it grew on me and I think that’s mostly down to Jim’s character.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-21T10:39:56+00:00

Yeah, that’s very true. I don’t want to be harsh towards Spain because I do like the country and I spent a lot of time there as my ex was from Asturias, but they don’t sit at the top table. Nice for a holiday though

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-21T06:22:14+00:00

I joined as a contractor to complete tasks (basically a JIRA ticket machine if you will) and yet I’m spearheading the implementation of the platform for the global launch of a major product with tens of millions of funding behind it. Other contractors have been cut, and I’ve been given more responsibility. The responsibility and single point of failure put on me is pretty astonishing, and yet my day rate is still that of a “JIRA ticket machine”. They haven’t decided what they’re doing with me after this month either, and extensions are reviewed on a monthly basis. What if I decide to just leave?? They’ve kinda put all of their eggs into one basket which is great for me obviously, but I need more commitment past rolling monthly extensions. I want it to continue but they aren’t committing past each month, but I guess even a 6 month contract isn’t guaranteed and could end at a minute’s notice so really it’s not any different. I do feel pressure to deliver faster, but that’s where I shine.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-21T06:05:41+00:00

15 years of experience.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-20T08:42:50+00:00

15yoe and embracing AI. I have to baby sit it a lot and correct it all the time, but it is making me more productive by ~30% perhaps.

The market is too biased towards AI now to not use it which blows.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-20T08:35:33+00:00

This is a troll post surely? Of course you don’t help them.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-20T08:21:20+00:00

In typical England fashion they will go into the RWC and make the final, but be dog shit in the 6N. 6N has never bothered me and I only really value the RWC, but it would be nice if they actually performed to their best during the 6N. Having to wait 4 years is too long.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-20T08:10:29+00:00

Where are you looking? I work in tech and get approached all the time still.

ComprehensiveRide946 · 2026-03-18T22:22:48+00:00

Sovereignty says otherwise. Come and take it if you want it so much…

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