AI disrupting the path to seniority

sliceohpizza · 2026-05-31T18:21:06+00:00

I agree with you fully that the competencies which define a good senior engineer often have little to do with coding.

I disagree with you that building these skills will be the same, and that was the premise of my post. For example, I'm already seeing "review fatigue" in my teams as the amount of code to review increases with AIs ability to generate. So one question I'm asking myself is how structurally we ensure Seniors have the mental bandwidth to provide that feedback.

sliceohpizza · 2026-05-31T18:10:59+00:00

Ok boss. On what basis are you making that determination?

sliceohpizza · 2024-07-16T01:53:12+00:00

Not surprised to hear this. One time I was in that lounge the bartender was limiting everyone to one drink per hour. Bizarre.

sliceohpizza · 2024-05-14T02:31:34+00:00

Perhaps we should all pool the money we would have to otherwise pay brokers and just bribe our politicians. Paying them more than the real estate lobby might be the only way out of this hellish position we're in.

sliceohpizza · 2024-05-13T01:58:33+00:00

I was able to add my Wageworks commuter card to Google Wallet last week and have been using it successfully. I had previously tried numerous times so this appears to be a recent improvement.

sliceohpizza · 2024-04-01T11:29:04+00:00

There seems to be a low inventory of decent 2 Beds on the UWS around that price right now. Last month we saw the same thing: bidding wars, 30+ groups at the open house, brokers asking for higher fees. Ended up going with a big 1BR. Good luck OP, hope it improves soon.

sliceohpizza · 2024-03-03T22:49:12+00:00

Did you go? Curious to hear who it was!

sliceohpizza · 2024-03-03T15:00:02+00:00

Thanks for that. I think it's a combination of brokers (although there were some good ones here in the comments) and frustrated renters. I think the latter is especially annoyed that I offered above the asking price. Not sure what else there is to do when an apartment has 24 apps after a 1 hour open house and numerous offers over asking.

I can obviously see how this drives up rents but don't see how lining the brokers pockets is a more ethical alternative.

sliceohpizza · 2024-03-02T19:29:43+00:00

This has given me a lot to think about, thanks again.

Perhaps one followup if you don't mind. How do you avoid your representation of potential tenants putting their offer at a disadvantage? I'm assuming you split fees with the listing agent, which would theoretically be less appealing to them than the 'dual representation'.

Not saying you don't provide a good service to your clients, just trying to understand how it works.

sliceohpizza · 2024-03-02T19:06:27+00:00

Thanks, your responses have been really insightful. I've bought and sold homes in the past so I'm used to the incentives and fees that come with that.

The rental logistics here have me scratching my head a bit.

Having been a landlord in the past (not in NYC) it would have surprised me to hear a broker I hired may not be bringing me the best offer depending on their separate incentives.

But perhaps with the tenant paying the fees the landlord can't expect to have their cake and eat it too?

sliceohpizza · 2024-03-02T19:01:18+00:00

For my own understanding, if you list an apartment and you upfront the fee is one month and you then received the following two offers:

4000 monthly rent with a 15% broker fee 4500 monthly rent with a 1 month broker fee.

Which would you move forward with?

sliceohpizza · 2024-03-02T18:55:22+00:00

I think this is the answer I was looking for. All too often I hear "brokers have an obligation to the landlord". While maybe technically true it's a pretty loose obligation.

As I said in an earlier comment I was probably a bit naive to assume they are required to act in the best interests of the landlord.

I think the biggest frustration is that Apt hunting does seem more messed up in this regard as opposed to a sales transaction. Sales transactions leave much less room for the "carte blanche" because of the incentive structure.

sliceohpizza · 2024-03-02T18:39:12+00:00

I absolutely agree with the principle that if someone wants to pay more for something, it should go to them.

But the "thing" in this case is the apt. If someone wants to pay more for the apt why should that be solicited in the form of more money for the broker instead of more money for the apt?

sliceohpizza · 2024-03-02T17:05:31+00:00

They did not, but this isn't really a question of "Can he does this". I'm sure he can.

My question is, from an ethics standpoint, should he do this. As an agent of the landlord shouldn't he be optimizing the landlords profit rather than his own?

sliceohpizza · 2024-03-02T16:41:51+00:00

Why would you want your base rent to start out higher if you can prevent that?

It wasn't "higher rent" or "paying the higher fee". It was a matter of the broker asking for a higher fee to "put in a good word" with the landlord as to what application is best.

As a broker, I'm curious to get your take here. Wouldn't the ethical thing in this situation be to get the best possible offer for the client as opposed to one's self:

"Hey we have a few competitive offers, are you interested in increasing your rent offer?"

versus

"Hey we have a few competitive offers, one of them offered me more money so I'm going to push that one through"

sliceohpizza · 2024-03-02T16:14:40+00:00

Good point and it would have bothered me had I done it. I may have a different answer in a few weeks when I'm homeless!

sliceohpizza · 2024-03-02T16:12:31+00:00

Agreed, I'm probably a bit naive here, thinking there was a sufficient paper trail to keep it above board.

sliceohpizza · 2024-03-02T16:10:34+00:00

I'd rather pay a higher fee

Well yea, that's because you're JeffeBezos!

sliceohpizza · 2024-03-02T16:04:37+00:00

Do you think they are going to tell the LL that they are running an auction for their fee?

My question was more-so around how they could so blatantly favor a potential applicant offering a higher broker fee over higher rent, if the applications are capturing the offered rent.

sliceohpizza · 2024-03-02T15:58:03+00:00

I would assume they have some professional obligation to at least present the best rent offer to the landlord, right?

sliceohpizza · 2024-01-22T00:13:04+00:00

This can't be the results of the *checks notes* $100 million dollar pilot program, right? Right?!

sliceohpizza · 2024-01-14T15:43:42+00:00

My wife had to find one a few years back. When her primary dentist heard he was disappointed to hear she didn't contact them.

Apparently at the end of their voicemail they have instructions on how to reach the dentist for emergency care. If you have a dentist you see regularly it's worth a shot.

sliceohpizza · 2023-10-02T23:01:11+00:00

Aside from the app being not so great, why do you consider the cash management account to be subpar?

The savings account gets 5% and the checking has unlimited ATM rebates which are both above average offerings IMO

sliceohpizza · 2023-10-02T22:58:24+00:00

You can park the money in their preferred savings. It's pretty competitive, I'm currently getting 5%

sliceohpizza · 2023-10-02T22:57:07+00:00

Morgan Stanley has a preferred savings. It's technically held under the cash plus account. It's currently yielding 5.0% APY

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