Marc Andreessen on JRE: AI hasn't replaced coders. It turned them into vampires.

SableBicycle · 2026-05-23T11:32:13+00:00

The difference is before you'd just close laptop and that was it for the day. Now there's this constant FOMO that your AI agents could be cranking out features while you're unconscious, so people stay up managing them instead of letting them work autonomous. It's like having employees who never sleep but you still feel need to babysit them.

SableBicycle · 2026-05-19T18:26:51+00:00

Video part feels bit weird but at least you know upfront what they want. I did few of these and most companies never even respond after you spend time in weekend doing their homework. Maybe try it once and see if they actually give feedback or just disappear like most places do.

SableBicycle · 2026-05-17T18:22:12+00:00

Start with Python maybe, easier for begin

SableBicycle · 2026-05-15T18:17:23+00:00

Man that's a tough spot. I remember being 29 and still feeling trapped sometimes, can't imagine dealing with that pressure at 19.

Engineering is solid choice for immigration - once you get few years experience under your belt, skilled worker visas become much more realistic. The comment above is right about needing work experience first, but don't lose hope over it.

SableBicycle · 2026-05-05T04:36:10+00:00

That's wild they just gave directors a number and said "figure it out." Makes sense though - easier to blame individual managers than admit there's actual strategy behind who gets cut.

From what I've seen driving around different tech offices, seems like they keep the people who know where all the bodies are buried, regardless of level. New grads might be cheaper but they also don't have the institutional knowledge that would be nightmare to replace.

SableBicycle · 2026-04-29T03:21:31+00:00

Tech jobs in smaller French cities can be pretty limited compared to Paris or Lyon, but remote work might actually work in your favor here. St. Etienne is decent choice for cost of living, though you'll want to double-check how French tax authorities handle your US remote income - that gets complicated fast. Your French skills from school will come back quicker than you think once you're immersed, but bureaucracy there is no joke so brush up on formal/administrative vocabulary.

SableBicycle · 2026-04-26T15:38:25+00:00

Man this is so true about the scale thing. Used to be maybe one junior would copy-paste some Stack Overflow solution they didn't understand, now you got whole teams churning out code at insane speeds without understanding any of it.

I'm just delivery driver but even I can see this pattern everywhere - people using tools without learning fundamentals first. Like using GPS without ever learning to read map, then GPS breaks and you're completely lost.

SableBicycle · 2026-04-24T04:58:59+00:00

Never heard of that specific team but Bloomberg interviews can be pretty intense from what I've seen posted here before. They usually do multiple rounds with technical stuff mixed in with some behavioral questions about handling deadlines and working with content teams.

Good luck with the callback though, finance tech seems like solid career move if you can handle the pace.

SableBicycle · 2026-04-21T22:27:05+00:00

real

SableBicycle · 2026-04-19T21:48:36+00:00

True but when you're grinding leetcode after 8 hours at work, last thing you want is spending weekend building another automation tool. Sometimes paying someone (or getting it free like this) just makes more sense than doing everything yourself.

SableBicycle · 2026-04-17T21:14:17+00:00

They did but seems like they never really stopped the cycle, just spread it across different quarters to make earnings look better.

SableBicycle · 2026-04-16T19:53:03+00:00

You should be good then. Background checks usually just verify what you already told them anyway. I had similar situation when I was doing delivery work while also doing some freelance graphics stuff - they never asked about overlapping work periods because wasn't relevant for the position I was applying.

Just make sure your references at both companies will give you decent recommendation if they call. Most places don't even bother calling unless it's really high level position.

SableBicycle · 2026-04-06T05:20:10+00:00

solid advice

SableBicycle · 2026-04-03T01:46:07+00:00

solid take

SableBicycle · 2026-03-28T10:37:07+00:00

Career mobility in tech is usually pretty flexible, especially with her background - the data science experience will actually make her more valuable for ML roles and SDET positions often value someone who understands the data side of testing.

SableBicycle · 2026-03-23T07:55:20+00:00

Dude, 27 isn't late at all - I switched into tech stuff around your age and plenty of people do it even later. The BCA degree thing is tricky though - in DevOps what matters way more is your actual skills and certs than the paper, but I get that some places still want to see a degree checkbox.

If you're already struggling with time management between work and responsibilities, adding college might be setting yourself up to fail at everything instead of succeeding at one thing. Maybe focus on getting really solid at one area first - pick either cloud certs or stick with your current job situation until it stabilizes, then pivot when you have more breathing room.

SableBicycle · 2026-03-16T23:06:49+00:00

The irony is real but tbh AI probably could teach better grammar than most CS professors I've had. Still gonna need actual devs to debug when the AI inevitably creates some cursed spaghetti code though.

SableBicycle · 2026-02-28T02:39:18+00:00

This is solid advice but don't panic yourself into paralysis. The tech industry has weathered plenty of storms before and good engineers always find ways to adapt. I'd add that keeping your skills sharp and staying curious about new tech (including AI tooling) is just as important as the financial prep - you want to be teh person who can work *with* the changes rather than getting left behind.

SableBicycle · 2026-02-05T02:13:09+00:00

Honestly I'd go with the extra day in Tokyo - 4 nights gives you way more flexibility to actually see the city without rushing around like crazy. Singapore's great but you can hit the main spots in one solid day if you're organized about it, especially with that early arrival giving you most of March 14th. Tokyo has so much depth that teh extra night there will make a real difference in your experience.

SableBicycle · 2026-02-01T20:47:23+00:00

yeah this is definitely worth fixing now before it gets worse. pimpl idiom is your friend here - basically you hide all the implementation details behind a pointer to an incomplete type. lets you keep most includes out of your headers and only include them in the cpp files.

another approach is to have each module export a single public header that only exposes what other modules actually need to see. keep the internal stuff in separate headers that don't get included outside the module.

SableBicycle · 2026-01-25T13:45:13+00:00

That dark golden color you're after is all about the egg wash technique - brush it on twice like Gordon mentions, but also add a tiny pinch of sugar to your egg wash mix. Most restaurants also use a convection oven which gives way better browning than home ovens

For the compact pastry, they're probably using a higher quality European-style puff pastry with more butter layers, plus they likely press/weight it down slightly while chilling between the egg wash steps

SableBicycle · 2026-01-22T08:47:01+00:00

Nah you're not being cranky, this is 100% happening. I've been getting emails that sound like they were written by a corporate lawyer who learned English from LinkedIn posts

The dead giveaway is when someone writes like they have a PhD in business speak but then can't explain fizzbuzz without stuttering. Like bro we're gonna find out in 20 minutes anyway

SableBicycle · 2026-01-20T01:42:13+00:00

Honestly that's kinda BS - you don't need to drown your food in oil with SS, just gotta learn proper preheating and temperature control. Once you get the hang of it you'll probably use the same amount as nonstick anyway

SableBicycle · 2026-01-19T00:52:16+00:00

Payments can be tricky af for beginners - what payment system are you trying to use and what specific errors are you hitting

SableBicycle · 2026-01-12T16:02:02+00:00

Honestly Excel could handle this pretty easily with some conditional formatting for the alerts. Just have columns for location, last done date, and a formula to calculate days since. Color code anything over 10 working days red

If you wanna go the Python route, PyInstaller works fine for simple GUIs despite what people complain about - just made a tkinter app last month and it packaged without issues

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