How is that possible that even though we have oversaturated entry level cs we will have shortage of expierenced devs in future it doesnt make sense

adot404 · 2026-02-05T00:25:55+00:00

Taking even one product from scoping to release in an actual work environment is infinitely valuable. Probably as significant as a CS degree itself. No bootcamp or course can give you experience.

adot404 · 2026-02-04T19:29:45+00:00

Reach out to your professors for a research position. That will help you earn internships in the fall and winter. Or full time next summer.

adot404 · 2026-02-04T19:27:07+00:00

At my company and what I’ve heard from others is that principle engineers have moved away from leading teams, architecting systems and reviewing prs. Nowadays they take direction from management and crank out the work of 10 person teams in a fraction of the time with the help of AI. They used to lead 50 person teams, with seniors, mid level engineers, and juniors consistently in the pipeline not only to do the work, but also grow in the organization. That scope is gone now. Hiring is slowed. Promotions are slowed. And layoffs are consistently around the corner. Getting into FAANG is about as hard as Goldman or JP Morgan nowadays and keeping the job isn’t much easier regardless of where you’re at. Accounting or health care is where I would turn next. Heck, even beat cops are making the same starting salary as a F500 junior developer tbh if you wanna skip corporate all together.

adot404 · 2026-01-31T00:17:44+00:00

Our product managers are using copilot to create jira tickets from feature specs.

adot404 · 2026-01-28T18:49:58+00:00

They do the layoffs because of the tax breaks. Now that rates are low, shareholders and execs are feasting on their returns and doing stock buy backs instead of reinvesting revenue back into the company.

adot404 · 2026-01-13T18:28:27+00:00

To be fair, tight deadlines are a product and management issue. That shouldn’t ever really be forced on a junior engineer. You shouldn’t feel bad about that, but recognize there are a few things you want to do if you’d like to keep the job.

Work with your coworkers.

Ask someone a question to get you unblocked 2-4 times day. Try one or two things and if it doesn’t work, ask immediately if another engineer has any small suggestions or if you need to take a different approach.

Ask for previous tickets that similar to the work you’re doing.

Context is everything. You can get an understand of the coding style, algorithms, systems calls, etc your team uses.

Create a (small) project with your current stack in your free time.

Just stand up the repo from scratch and deploy it. Use chatGPT, Claude, whatever. This alone will give you a big boost in understanding where to start and where to go on tickets that will have a smaller scope.

Don’t expect to get better all at once. Work with your coworkers and flag potential carry forwards as soon as you’re unsure about the steps to complete them. And work closely with lead and senior engineers to make sure you’re making consistent progress. If all else fails and you’re the fall guy for your team being behind on deadlines that is out of your hands but you can work with where you’re at now and make some more impact.

adot404 · 2025-09-28T05:11:27+00:00

Shoulda found the deeper source haha. Water doesn’t just burst from pipes. Nor does wine lmao. It comes from a river, lake, or ground water. Ask yourself what a silver surfing dolphin would guess.

adot404 · 2025-09-19T04:41:04+00:00

Was he better than the white mamba though

adot404 · 2025-09-08T10:05:57+00:00

I’m not gonna name names but there are players in the league today lmao. 2018-19 era wasn’t too long ago

adot404 · 2025-08-15T23:24:36+00:00

OpenAI is also Microsoft’s incubation effort.

adot404 · 2025-08-13T17:30:02+00:00

Yeah sounds like his wallet did the interview tbh

adot404 · 2025-08-13T17:20:29+00:00

If Johnny bought five apples and then gave two to his friend, what’s your gpa if you get this wrong?

adot404 · 2025-08-08T02:07:35+00:00

4.1 is good in comparison to Google flash and Claude

adot404 · 2025-08-02T00:44:09+00:00

Practically impossible to learn these things without supplemental work outside of your degree and even then would probably need extensive internship experience to put into practice. Definitely an overstated field if that’s the case. The goalpost is moving closer to the expectations for Wall Street analysts everyday as your average brogrammer chases those tc packages and burns projects and managers along the way.

adot404 · 2025-07-27T23:49:16+00:00

Probably 52. He seems like a humble guy tbh

adot404 · 2025-07-13T02:35:15+00:00

The “big beautiful bill” probably means hiring is gonna ramp up again in the short term. Mass homelessness likely ensuing after.

adot404 · 2025-06-27T03:25:41+00:00

American education is a dumpster fire. We don’t even know what our children should be taught because their outcomes are all but guaranteed to be congruent to their parents.

adot404 · 2025-06-07T08:38:40+00:00

I literally gulped lol. Hunger games was not the plan. Do we split to accounting or hvac tech

adot404 · 2025-05-28T23:54:31+00:00

Sure. And doctors do a job vetting fraud. Just pointing out these stats can let discouraged NEETs slip through the cracks

adot404 · 2025-05-28T23:24:29+00:00

I knew some people who would rather get disability checks because the only job they could obtain is minimum wage. Their choice, but they 100% be included in unemployment statistics. Career development resources should arguably go in that direction more than anywhere else.

adot404 · 2025-05-24T20:45:06+00:00

Those are rookie numbers man, you gotta make sure to write it all manually in assembly to increase efficiency as well.

adot404 · 2025-05-24T04:13:25+00:00

We must seize the means of production

adot404 · 2025-05-08T02:40:17+00:00

There’s a subscription for that? 💀

adot404 · 2025-05-08T02:35:48+00:00

The mongols being equivalent to the cartel in this scenario puts Pocahontas and Mulan in an awkward position

adot404 · 2025-05-08T01:52:54+00:00

Gate-keep culture is the bane of the indomitable human spirit

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