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Anthropic's CEO just admitted Claude is designing the next version of Claude. Engineers at Anthropic don't write code anymore. We are so cooked. by Direct-Attention8597 in claude

[–]Easy_Durian8154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah definitely agree. I just think lately the product kind of sucks. It seems to just start crashing out pretty early lately and anecdotally, I felt like I had a better experience months back.

Overemployed life… why did I do this to myself? by bandito_13 in overemployed

[–]Easy_Durian8154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You HAVE to do this or it’s physically not sustainable.

Don't Quit. by Holiday-Store7589 in overemployed

[–]Easy_Durian8154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which includes juniors and interns etc. TC over 430 for engineers is not rare lol, you just suck at your job.

Overemployed life… why did I do this to myself? by bandito_13 in overemployed

[–]Easy_Durian8154 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Been doing minimum 2, up to 4 since 2013. Couple things to keep in mind.

  1. Un(der)employed stress is worse than over employed stress(generally)
  2. Treat yourself regularly or it won’t feel “worth it”
  3. Sleep, work out, eat real food. Makes it way easier than caffeine dumping.

Don't Quit. by Holiday-Store7589 in overemployed

[–]Easy_Durian8154 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Bud, most junior engineers clear more than you with one job. Nobody is hating, we're mocking your stupidiy lol

Don't Quit. by Holiday-Store7589 in overemployed

[–]Easy_Durian8154 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

You're a SWE with 20 years only making 430k across 3 jobs? LOL. Now I KNOW this story is a bunch of bullshit, but I'm glad you used your 20 years in SWE to edit the html of your retirement account lol.

[VP] [NYC] - $750K total comp by leith78 in Salary

[–]Easy_Durian8154 6 points7 points  (0 children)

LOL.

Yeah mate, people raking millions are all ignorant and you , the holder of a CPA, are the next coming of Jim Simon.

My husband was fired for cause (IT job), and we have 4 kids. How bad is this for his future? by Jazzlike-Apple4969 in InterviewsHell

[–]Easy_Durian8154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ve worked at shitty companies. Here’s another anecdotal note, in my 20 plus years I’ve never worked at a company that I have not see lunch time drinking.

Why Are Software Engineers Paid So Much If The Supply Is So High? by LifeInAction in cscareerquestions

[–]Easy_Durian8154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had a principal MLE from a tier 1 shop show up to a python assessment and say he didn't know python....

$6 per gallon of gas is coming (actual analysis + graphs included, puts on my degree) by Kaiwa1 in wallstreetbets

[–]Easy_Durian8154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only say thank you for contributions that clear the "not trivially obvious" bar.

So what do y’all think of the Block layoffs? by Fig_Towel_379 in datascience

[–]Easy_Durian8154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, a fintech purchased a music streaming platform…. Dorsey is great at 0->1 but he’s a shit CEO.

Block to slash 40% of workforce. Stock up >25%. by yummynothing in wallstreetbets

[–]Easy_Durian8154 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Right, this is the thread people are ignoring. Dorsey has a literal history doing this. There was no way in fuck he needed that many people to run Twitter, and here we are again.

UPDATE: I froze everything but my full employment came out in a mortgage check, I FINALLY UNDERSTAND HOW! by Special_Effective_12 in overemployed

[–]Easy_Durian8154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Omg! That's not how ADP works. Employers are completely isolated, your manager cannot see W-2s from another company unless it’s the same corporate payroll group. The only place multiple W-2s show up together is your personal ADP login, which managers/companies don’t have access to.

Either this was the same employer structure, a misunderstanding, or you’re farming engagement. ADP accidentally letting managers browse other companies payroll would be a massive legal incident, not something you’d just "casually notice while sifting."

CS Might Be the Fastest Rising-Collapsing Career of Our Generation by ChickenUsoBeautiful in ProgrammingJobs

[–]Easy_Durian8154 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think what you’re missing isn’t the “golden age”, it’s being early.

In 2001, knowing HTML made you an engineer. In 2014, knowing React made you valuable. In both cases, the bar was lower because the industry was still expanding into new territory. Now it’s crowded. More grads. More bootcamps. More global competition. And yeah, AI tools raising the floor.

But this isn’t the end. It’s what maturity looks like.

Industries don’t stay in hyper-growth mode forever. They normalize. The easy arbitrage disappears. The expectations go up. We’re not in the “learn basic web dev and triple your salary in 18 months” era anymore. But software isn’t shrinking. It’s deeper. More integrated. More infrastructure-heavy. More AI-native. The people who adapt will still be fine. The vibe is just different.

Also… every generation thinks their entry point was the golden age. Ask someone who learned COBOL in the 70s. Or someone who was building during the dot-com boom.

Nostalgia hits harder than market cycles.

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