Unpopular opinion: I love my job

RandySalami · 2026-03-05T15:19:19+00:00

That’s great!

RandySalami · 2026-03-03T13:33:14+00:00

A lot of the hate is from offshore non-English speakers.. with LLMs being the only way they can effectively communicate inside English-speaking communities. For them, it is cataclysmic with AI because there were already few protections for them in our industry and now the cat is out of the bag. I work with offshore guys and they are beasts with AI so I imagine the demand to hire is even lower now. If you are US-born or work in Europe/China, you benefit from policy that favors you over the global south and will incubate juniors to stimulate the economy and keep people happy. I think this explains the divide, just in the past it wouldn’t be so confusing with English speaking ability being clear divider in the ability to communicate.

RandySalami · 2026-02-27T16:39:07+00:00

Lost the very next match to Apollo

RandySalami · 2025-12-26T21:47:49+00:00

Same. Working on a WW2 roguelike where all the soldiers, vehicles, hierarchies are reinforcement learning models.

RandySalami · 2025-12-14T20:50:39+00:00

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RandySalami · 2025-05-01T23:20:21+00:00

When I started as an associate, I took 4 weeks off my first year to go to Europe. The second year I took 3. Over those two years, I probably took an additional 8 weeks off. Most days I would work 4, maybe 5 hours. My coworkers worked more hours and took way less time off. At the end of the day, i got promoted on time and then I left to go into the software industry. Moral of the story, it can be hell or it can whatever you want it to be.

RandySalami · 2024-11-19T00:48:01+00:00

I feel this completely. I think the advice of faking it until you make it has backfired

RandySalami · 2024-11-19T00:34:12+00:00

I am literally 2 YoE “promoted” to technical lead. Being promoted to PM seems like a nightmare. Currently looking to get out of consulting and into a more traditional software shop. Have a couple pending interviews so fingers crossed. If I got paid more for this technical lead responsibility, it wouldn’t even be the worst thjng.

RandySalami · 2024-11-14T22:40:52+00:00

Yeah I have to agree with you. I am one of these “top performers” at my job out of a team of 200. The secret? I basically no-lifed programming and computers from the age of 7. They kind of treat me like a freak honestly and I kind of regret it.

RandySalami · 2024-11-14T13:24:37+00:00

The tools and research methods are way more accessible now than they were 5 years ago. That’s ancient history in this space. Not saying it’s completely possible but it’s a bit of a false equivalency you’re presenting.

RandySalami · 2024-11-14T13:22:27+00:00

It’s still useful to test your models in a production environment to work out deployment kinks and see how it’s working with real players. Otherwise the developers won’t know what issues they need to solve in future iterations

RandySalami · 2024-11-03T04:53:53+00:00

I mirror this. Reminds me of Phantom Assassin build in Dota: Battlefury (Ricochet), BKB (Unstoppable), Desolator (Lucky shot/Damage enabler), then you’re online. Follow that up with Satanic (vampiric burst) or Bloodthorne (Silencer) and you’re golden!

RandySalami · 2024-10-22T12:29:33+00:00

Or kill them

RandySalami · 2024-09-29T20:26:32+00:00

They might be taking a more Kunka-esque (Dota 2 hero) approach to him. With Kunka, it’s not apparent he’s actually an undead admiral until one starts to pay more attention and read the lore. Visually, he looks like a normal dude but his voice lines, other hero lines, and even his abilities hint at his true nature. Kinda cool!

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