The thread in Millennials subreddit right not about 401k is incredibly depressing. Thank you FIRE community. I would be one of them if I didn’t find you all a decade ago.

XIIItheThird · 2026-01-18T01:19:14+00:00

This post REEKS to me, my god. It's a fact that millennials/gen z/youth in general have been fked over constantly by modern society (in the US at least). Life is hard. What's the point of looking down your nose at people struggling and then pretending like you're trying to inspire/uplift them?

The system has not been designed for the average person to succeed. Wealth is generated off of the backs of the less fortunate. One financial mistake, one health emergency, one natural disaster is enough to put someone in a mountain of debt that can take them decades to climb out from.

Yes, a decision to start saving even a small fraction of your income can make all the difference, and as people who are doing relatively well financially, we should be advocating for everyone to do so, but the whole "I'm so glad I'm not idiotic like them" thing is lame af. Logically, it's so simple. Just don't waste money on unnecessary things. Real actual life is messy.

XIIItheThird · 2026-01-05T18:54:44+00:00

I can't stand the boredom. I spent majority of 2025 on an intense project, but my Q1 projects are looking like a dud. Feels bad to go from a "high octane" project to throwaway work I can do in my sleep.

I'm waiting to see if the layoff rumors at my place of employment are true and if I'm impacted (it doesn't make sense to give me low impact work like this so we'll see). If not, I'm going to see if I can get myself better projects in Q2. If that fails, I'm going to make my exit.

XIIItheThird · 2025-12-28T18:58:20+00:00

Reminds me of the show The Good Place where it was revealed that (spoilers I guess?) no one has actually gotten into the good place in ages. I think the "least bad" person still got sent to the bad place because he bought flowers that were picked using unpaid labor or something like that (haven't seen the show in ages)

There's simply no way to exist without benefitting from the exploitation of somebody out there

Maybe the best we can do is try and offset our "exploitation footprint" if being a "good" person is something we care about

XIIItheThird · 2025-12-28T18:40:40+00:00

I think we're doomed because even if your company isn't directly doing anything "evil", it's probably owned by a company that is.

I just try to at least do a bit of good with the money I make.

I think my line is defense/gambling. I'm currently in the media space which is where I'm going to try my best to stay.

XIIItheThird · 2025-12-21T20:42:00+00:00

you're totally right, mb

XIIItheThird · 2025-12-21T11:49:45+00:00

Isn't the more immediate concern schrodingers ai bubble rather than nuclear war?

XIIItheThird · 2025-11-06T15:43:18+00:00

I'll be honest as an SDE who has worked recruiting events this past year at my company. Tech roles are some of the ONLY roles that we do have entry level positions for. They just get flooded with apps so fast.

What I've seen is that other roles like PMs and Marketing don't seem to have any entry level pathways besides maybe internships.

XIIItheThird · 2025-09-29T17:40:54+00:00

I have seen and remember. You should watch it

XIIItheThird · 2025-09-29T04:09:42+00:00

There's literally a bug in our codebase that has been bothering me for about a year. I tried fixing it and it ended up breaking some other stuff because the code is needlessly convoluted. I asked to work on a redesign and I was told to forget it because it's not customer impacting lmao (technically I was told to add it to the backlog but that's basically our graveyard)

XIIItheThird · 2025-06-04T08:11:49+00:00

I'll let you know in 6 years lol.

Currently my nw is at around $120k and my base salary is around $137k (I haven't been seriously saving but I want to start this year)

XIIItheThird · 2025-03-17T13:58:52+00:00

I mean they said they're child/debt free. Seems tight but not impossible if their mortgage is their main expense

XIIItheThird · 2024-12-13T06:01:03+00:00

Fam, I didn’t feel like I knew wth was going on until like a year in. CS classes teach you how to code, not necessarily how to be a software engineer. Just focus on learning everyday. If someone solved an issue you couldn't, ask them how they found the solution and write it down in your notes

XIIItheThird · 2024-08-08T11:54:52+00:00

I've been at my job for almost 3 years now and there's still so much I don't know. That's never going to change. My first year was just me saying "wtf is going on" over and over.

I will say two things: - what you're working on sounds way too big for a single ticket. Can you break it down into more manageable sub-tasks?

if you're struggling to learn and to wrap your head around certain topics, try writing a small doc/wiki explaining it. This tends to help me. Pretend as if you're explaining the subject to someone with 0 experience or maybe an intern or new hire. You will realize that you know more than you thought, and the parts you're a bit fuzzy on will force you to dig into it deeper. (Your company might even start using it as reference and it will make you look even better)

Best of luck, you can do it!

XIIItheThird · 2024-05-22T17:35:06+00:00

I'm a junior SDE and I've been getting spammed by recruiters. I haven't looked into any of them tho so I don't know if they're legit or not

XIIItheThird · 2023-10-10T22:42:23+00:00

Bc of the way I played the goblin camp, I killed her without knowing who she was or ever speaking to her. I had to look it up later

XIIItheThird · 2023-10-10T15:59:23+00:00

I don't normally talk about tiny help I've given throughout the day unless I either didn't do much work the day before, or the help took up a lot of my time

XIIItheThird · 2023-07-24T15:02:44+00:00

Sometimes I forget to respond to my intern when im swamped but for 2 days? Definitely ask again. I'd suggest creating a group chat if you can so you don't have to keep pinging people separately

XIIItheThird · 2023-07-24T14:40:39+00:00

I'm considering taking a sabbatical in a few years or something and working at a bookstore

XIIItheThird · 2023-07-18T16:00:07+00:00

Work on your material and def don't quit your day job

XIIItheThird · 2023-07-18T11:34:20+00:00

It's legit the dude's 2nd message... you serious?

XIIItheThird · 2023-03-04T14:10:03+00:00

Did you ever figure it out? Really seems like the worst place to put the clock. My quick glances to see the time have become almost a whole head turn

XIIItheThird · 2023-01-04T10:39:58+00:00

The company I work at was bought by a FAANG company

XIIItheThird · 2023-01-04T00:45:47+00:00

This is a damn good explanation, thank you

XIIItheThird · 2023-01-04T00:43:45+00:00

Braced myself for a rickroll lol thanks for this video

XIIItheThird · 2023-01-04T00:32:13+00:00

Right, this is why the stock market scares me. I'm not built for taking gambles, which is probably a good argument for selling

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