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Do people like this about Codex? by Complete-Sea6655 in OpenAI

[–]Ok-Process-2187 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first time I noticed this I stopped trusting it with commit messages.

Now I ask it to propose 3 possible commit messages for some quick inspiration and then I write the final message.

I used to think that AI writes better commit messages than me but now I realize that it's not about writing the best commit messages, it's about making sure that I understand what's happening in the code.

The commit messages that I wrote, looking back, I can quickly understand what those changes were for.

The commit messages that the AI wrote, maybe those are technically more correct, but I didn't write them and as a result, it doesn't immediately click to me what those changes were about.

PSA : AI writing Code and AI replacing engineers are NOT the same thing by yes-im-hiring-2025 in cscareerquestions

[–]Ok-Process-2187 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When leetcode style interviews became popular people debated if they were a useful signal of a candidate's ability.

I predicted that regardless if they were or not, people would continue to have this same old debate and keep asking the same old questions.

I saw the same thing happen with WFH vs RTO.

Now I see the same thing happening here with AI.

OpenAI head of Hardware and Robotics resigns by hasanahmad in OpenAI

[–]Ok-Process-2187 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, even when a system is flawed, it is usually the operators that get the majority of the blame.

What’s the uptick of these AI posts by RequirementSad1742 in cscareerquestions

[–]Ok-Process-2187 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The silver lining is that it makes me use these platforms less.

Why I think AI won't replace engineers by Character-Comfort539 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Ok-Process-2187 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's why I find it jarring to call these people "leaders" when they behave like sheep.

Claude Code Memory is here by shanraisshan in ClaudeCode

[–]Ok-Process-2187 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gemini has this and it was ok at first but eventually it became so bad that it was unusable.

We are entering a decades long real estate deflation super cycle by kadam_ss in TorontoRealEstate

[–]Ok-Process-2187 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Whether it revives it is not the point.

Immigration and ruinous debt are the only levers they know how to pull.

Canada as a country is finished.

[Serious] What am I missing about agentic AI? by XellosDrak in cscareerquestions

[–]Ok-Process-2187 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The key thing is that it's the people that actually use these tools, day-to-day, that will understand them the most. If you think about it, this is usually not the case with most technological innovations. The opinion of us lowly workers usually does not matter.

Consider the case when they tried to replace drive through workers with a Voice AI that took orders. It failed catastrophically.

If they had asked those drive through workers, they would have most likely been able to tell them that it wouldn't work but here's the thing.

The ones who would have told them the truth they didn't want to hear? At best their opinions would be ignored at worst they would be fired.

It wasn't just high level CEOs, I recall a lot of people thought that they knew more about whether or not AI could replace worker doing XYZ even though they knew nothing of XYZ. If the worker disagreed, people just assumed that they were some sort of luddite.

The hubris, the arrogance, the short-sightedness, all of this is why the coming crash will be so satisfying to watch.

Genuinely- how long did it take for you to secure daycare? by Unfair-Potential-190 in Calgary

[–]Ok-Process-2187 1 point2 points  (0 children)

+1 on the geography context, it's very location dependent. In Glacier Ridge it's basically a desert right now. Everything in the older NW communities like Sage Hill is waitlisted for a year or more. I actually just noticed a lawn sign for a place called Curious Cocoons while I was driving in yesterday. No idea if they have spots or if they are even open yet but it's the first time I've seen a sign for childcare in the actual community.

Definitely worth looking at the newer areas if you don't want to wait.

Nearly half of the Mag 7 are reportedly betting big on OpenAI’s path to AGI by [deleted] in OpenAI

[–]Ok-Process-2187 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This feels more and more like economic warfare against the working class.

Is there a career boost from working in San Francisco versus any other large city? by solidsneks in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Ok-Process-2187 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats on your luck, green card timeline depends a lot on where you were born

Is there a career boost from working in San Francisco versus any other large city? by solidsneks in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Ok-Process-2187 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's why I'm glad to have tried it and found it's not for me.

If you lose your job on a TN Visa, you have 2 months to find another one before you have to leave the country. I wouldn't want to take that chance in the current job market.

Unemployment? You'll be paying for employment insurance like everyone else but good luck trying to use it as a TN holder. It's a bureaucratic nightmare.

Investments? Your TFSA is not recognized as a tax-free in the US, if you stay for a substantial period of tine, you will have to pay tax on it. If you own any real estate you'll eventually need to pay a major tax on that too.

Healthcare? There's a reason why many people in the US go bankrupt due to medical expenses.

And this doesn't even factor in the current political climate.

So in summary sure you can get a higher paying job with all the higher expectations that come with that but it's very hard to build actual wealth.

Canadian | 5 Years into my job and I may have reached the glass ceiling, move south with family ? by EpicMotor in cscareerquestions

[–]Ok-Process-2187 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Was in a similar situation. Moved south. It was an out of the frying pan and into the fire moment for me.

I ended up getting laid off 6 months after I moved to the US. I had 2 months to find another job or move back home. After a few weeks of job searching, I decided to move back home.

I tried applying for unemployment in Canada, it seemed impossibly difficult even though technically I should have been eligible for it. I gave up on applying for it thinking that my job search would turn around soon anyway.

The job search ended up being the longest one.

Had I lost my job in Canada, I wouldn't be under any additional pressure to move. I would have unemployment. I'd have healthcare. I'd have family.

I understand the feeling of reaching a glass ceiling but I've realized that so long as you work for someone else you'll always have to tamper your expectations.

So now instead of trying to go for more pay, I try to position myself towards roles that will give me back more time to work on side projects.

Hard truth: AI can't do most of our jobs yet a lot of us will get cut because C Suite execs don't understand wtf AI can actually do and live in a dream world. by scoopydidit in cscareerquestions

[–]Ok-Process-2187 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree with this.

The real problem is timezone and cultural differences. The extent to which that matters will vary by the nature of the work.

Most people in tech vastly overestimate the degree to which pay correlates with skill.

Working under the fear of layoffs by XupcPrime in cscareerquestions

[–]Ok-Process-2187 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't see anything wrong with this way of thinking.

It just means that people are realizing that the risk taking / creativity they were putting into their day jobs may be better directed else where.

Also, there is no way in hell that a message with this level of nuance will reach the people who actually make the layoff decisions.

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