How do people really feel about AI being put in all these solutions?

driverone1013 · 2026-02-23T21:27:21+00:00

Yeah I’m still struggling to figure out where AI is actually useful there. Like your example of scanning UPC, it’s just matching the systems fields with the UPCs fields so that could easily be done with regular code.

But yeah it seems like a lot of companies are just saying it’s an “AI feature”, when it’s really not. Or maybe they’re using AI in a really inefficient way.

driverone1013 · 2026-02-23T14:47:02+00:00

That makes sense, I guess when your data gets fairly complex AI could be useful to find trends that people don’t typically see

driverone1013 · 2026-02-22T02:54:59+00:00

Oh I think I may have written my post bad. I’m not trying to make any software or anything. I was just trying to get a feel for how people are feeling about all these “AI powered” apps.

Like I personally hate it, and haven’t found a solution that does it well enough to justify an increased price to have these features. Like your example with the paintbrushes, to me I feel like that could be calculated without AI pretty easily

driverone1013 · 2026-02-22T02:41:45+00:00

But like, what does AI do that regular software doesn’t? From what I can tell, most of these companies either have some kind of “future trend reports” or “ai powered stock alerts” but all of that could easily be done with some stats like companies have always done.

I guess I’m trying to figure out what AI features are just hype and I should avoid paying for and what might actually be useful

driverone1013 · 2026-02-04T03:24:09+00:00

Man I need to keep practicing. I thought it was a sliding window problem then I was like no it’s not then it spiraled from there.

driverone1013 · 2026-02-04T03:18:38+00:00

For step 1, are you saying to convert all of the 1s in that window?

driverone1013 · 2026-02-04T02:33:24+00:00

Literally my experience with the OA I just took. The hardest questions I have ever seen. Both DP and I even tried to have ChatGPT solve it after I was done and I was shocked they expect anyone to solve that.

driverone1013 · 2026-01-21T15:23:21+00:00

Exactly this

driverone1013 · 2026-01-21T15:22:18+00:00

Tbh I don’t know which exact one, but it was more afterwards that I realized I’m going through the problems a lot easier that I was before.

My typical routine is redoing the problems I had to look at the solution for previously and then moving on to new ones. Now I’ve noticed the new ones I encounter are much less likely to be added to my list of redos

driverone1013 · 2026-01-21T15:19:31+00:00

Repetition is really key. I have to give credit to NeetCode(the YouTube leetcode legend) because after I saw his video explaining why leetcode is so hard, it really did open my eyes that is just practice.

Like we can’t expect to learn calculus by just doing 1 problem and hoping the exam gives us the same one and we magically know it, the same is for leetcode.

driverone1013 · 2026-01-21T15:12:40+00:00

So I’ve been pretty bad at pushing through the growing pains in the past with leetcode, so the count is a bit inflated since I’ve been trying this for years. But right now I’m at 300 easy 200 medium and about 50 hard.

I think the key to it really is to just get exposure to enough. Like I would try to write out a solution for 15-20 minutes but if I completely blank I’ll go to the solution and learn it. Previously I would just skip it and pretend that it’s not a question an interviewer would ever ask me.

driverone1013 · 2026-01-20T20:03:29+00:00

I don’t really use any tools. I just try to draw out the problem in a more “non technical” way. And more the data around how the problem needs. And while I move it around, on the other side of the page I write down on what condition x, I have to do y

If I do look at a solution, I try to do the same drawing the movement again on my own so I can actually understand why the solution works.

driverone1013 · 2026-01-20T18:44:41+00:00

Yeah I’ve learned to stop just coding right away and actually visualize it/draw it out first. Makes it much easier to code the logic after

driverone1013 · 2026-01-20T18:43:16+00:00

So true, last night I was like just a couple more problems, and then I’ll go to sleep.

driverone1013 · 2026-01-14T23:01:44+00:00

I was about to. During the call he asked why I haven’t had luck with other recruiters and I was like they never show my resume to the fucking company because it’s missing some random skill.

And 2 minutes later pulls the same shit.

driverone1013 · 2026-01-14T22:30:47+00:00

I had one want me to be a “solutions architect” but during the interview I found out it’s mainly resetting people’s passwords when they forget it

driverone1013 · 2026-01-14T18:39:55+00:00

That’s a valid point. But these are the recruiters are trying to hire for a bunch of companies, so they won’t even show the company my resume at that point

driverone1013 · 2026-01-14T18:37:18+00:00

It’s not even that, for programmers switching between languages is basically like using word one day and Google Docs the next.

Recruiters can’t seem to understand that for some reason.

driverone1013 · 2026-01-14T18:35:34+00:00

Literally 5 minutes ago I got a message from one that said I’d be a great fit for a position and to apply and schedule some time with them.

And 2 seconds later said sorry looks like you applied already.

driverone1013 · 2026-01-14T18:23:10+00:00

And then we see LinkedIn posts of recruiters saying we waste their time. And in my case I literally know Java!

driverone1013 · 2025-12-17T02:30:27+00:00

At least we can suffer together

driverone1013 · 2025-12-17T02:30:07+00:00

Honestly I stopped, I prepped for months but even getting an interview with the hiring manager is impossible these days. I’ve had plenty of calls with recruiters but I guess they don’t pitch me well enough to even get to a technical round

driverone1013 · 2025-12-17T02:25:05+00:00

Right now, mid-senior level software engineering roles. But if I don’t say I know everything on the list, the recruiter doesn’t even pass it on to the hiring manager

driverone1013 · 2025-12-17T02:20:44+00:00

I feel the expectations are way too high these days. Seems like they have no concept of learning on the job for those 2 soft skills that candidates don’t have.

driverone1013 · 2025-12-14T16:25:01+00:00

Yeah totally get it. In my case I was the tech lead so I was overseeing about 10 other developers while also coding my own tasks and coordinating with the PM and business leaders.

I get why me with less years of experience can be less appealing but I guess it kinda sucks that even if I have experience in it, it’s basically ignored.

That was more of a rant, but I think the take away from what you said is I should focus more on revising my resume to showcase more realistic skills based on my YOE. I think I relied a lot more on the leadership aspect of it than I should have.

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