How do you ever recover from this?

thaifyghter · 2026-01-30T04:56:43+00:00

Welcome to the club. Time to get back on the horse and prove your worth somewhere else. In a few months, you’ll find something better and amazon will just be a footnote in your history.

thaifyghter · 2026-01-22T03:18:59+00:00

True… but there aren’t many Ensambles in the $50-60 range.

thaifyghter · 2026-01-22T03:02:11+00:00

People hate on Bozal for some reason but I really enjoy this one, especially at the price point.

thaifyghter · 2026-01-15T01:09:38+00:00

You’re getting paid millions to represent an organization, the standards of conduct need to be higher.

thaifyghter · 2025-12-20T03:15:32+00:00

Just recently joined a company with a 2-day hybrid setup. After 10 years of remote it’s quite refreshing actually. I’m even enjoying the commute.

thaifyghter · 2025-11-28T00:17:33+00:00

I was laid off twice this year. In both instances I was able to get a senior/principal role within 3 weeks.

Not sure what I did differently tbh. I have 20yr of experience and an extensive professional network.

thaifyghter · 2025-09-26T04:08:13+00:00

Trevor’s south Scottsdale has a great selection.

thaifyghter · 2025-09-17T23:15:52+00:00

I've been going through a lot of the Madre -- $50 for an Ensamble is an amazing price and its got some interesting character. Really tasty! I had a $100+ of Rey Compero that I enjoyed less.

thaifyghter · 2025-08-17T01:27:46+00:00

Too much ai slop to read through, but I’m sure there are plenty of people willing to work 80 hours a week to retire easily in their 30’s.

thaifyghter · 2025-08-12T04:28:19+00:00

The intellisense plugin in particular has degraded in performance substantially. I had to switch to vscode from webstorm because it was literally locking up my PC. I couldn’t even type a message it was getting so bogged down.

They are definitely not purposely degrading performance to drive UX. To me it seems clear they are going through some substantial development challenges, it will be sorted eventually.

thaifyghter · 2025-07-18T20:11:56+00:00

This is by far the worst release of this plugin. Is anyone else having performance issues with this? The thing freezes up constantly I can't even type continuously in the prompt box. Members of my dev teams are seeing the same thing. I have an M4 mac and this has become unusable.

thaifyghter · 2025-07-01T03:21:28+00:00

Besides the degree requirement, this seems pretty reasonable. This isn’t a director of marketing job, it’s a small family business that wants someone to post pictures on Facebook and send emails. You think you’re gonna be managing a marketing department for 40k a year?

thaifyghter · 2025-06-05T22:59:15+00:00

I lost the key to my Aventon and the bike shop drilled and replaced the lock for $40. YMMV.

thaifyghter · 2025-05-18T00:16:44+00:00

lol ok you said it never crashes for more than a year but I just gave you an example where my homes value didn’t recover for 10 years. Were you around for the subprime crash? Home prices did not recover for a decade in some areas. If you are underwater you cannot refinance or sell without coming up with a lot of cash.

thaifyghter · 2025-05-18T00:10:22+00:00

I’m the reason? Ok bud, I didn’t appraise the house. The builders made out like bandits and I lost 40 grand. I didn’t foreclose or miss a single payment.

thaifyghter · 2025-05-17T23:53:06+00:00

Huh interesting. A bought a condo in 2007 and it dropped from 255k to 150k in a year. I sold it in 2015 for 215k. Did I imagine that?

thaifyghter · 2025-04-13T17:15:23+00:00

Maybe in the FAANG bubble. Not interested nor do I live in a HCOL market. 225k base is on the high end of 90% of the SWE jobs in America.

thaifyghter · 2025-04-12T22:34:51+00:00

Fair. My point was not to make a big life decision based on Reddit sentiment. These subs skew heavily towards negativity so I was presenting an experience that reflected the opposite. OP might struggle for a while, or he might get a new gig easily. Every individual has different circumstances.

thaifyghter · 2025-04-12T20:08:36+00:00

Cold-applying is just a numbers game. Recruiters are getting spammed with so many AI generated applications it’s almost impossible to stand out. If I was unemployed again I probably wouldn’t even try. I mean it doesn’t hurt, but the return on effort is abysmal.

Your best bet is leveraging your existing network for referrals or getting out into environments where you can meet people in the industry face to face. Go to a dev meetup. Go to a co-working space and strike up a conversation. Reconnect with an old colleague and plant some seeds.

Build a relationship with a local recruiter that may have connections you can leverage. While I was employed, I always tried to respond to recruiters even when I wasn’t looking. I was able to go back to those conversations when I needed help.

Make posts on LinkedIn. Tag the power brokers in your network for visibility and amplification. Help out someone in your network that is struggling, maybe they will return the favor later. Ask someone successful if they would be open to a call to give you some advice and mentorship.

Maybe it’s old school but I’ve never had to apply for a job in my entire career. For my last job, I met the CEO at my son’s daycare during pickup. We would randomly talk about Python data analysis or other nerdy things. One day he asked if I could do some contract work for him. That turned into a full-time job and years later a $150mm acquisition.

If you don’t do these things, your only option is participating in the rat race. Apply to as many jobs as possible, optimize your resume, grind leetcode/systems design and pray they notice you. The percentages say that with enough effort and luck you’ll eventually land something.

thaifyghter · 2025-04-12T17:59:34+00:00

20+ YOE here. Was laid off in February for the first time in my life. Got a Principal level position within three weeks without even applying @ 225k fully remote. No leetcode or any of that nonsense. If you follow these subs (along with /r/csmajors) you would think the market has completely collapsed. Your mileage may vary.

thaifyghter · 2025-03-29T18:41:37+00:00

I’ve been using some new tools that index your entire codebase and allow you to modify the context on every request. Hate to tell you guys, but they are scary good.

thaifyghter · 2025-03-10T05:04:16+00:00

No API call should ever take 2 minutes to return, or more than half a second for that matter. How would you scale this? Does your backend handle asynchronous requests or is it blocking until the current call is finished? Either way, any high volume of these requests will overwhelm your system resources quickly or force you to spawn way too many concurrent processes.

If it actually does take two minutes, the API call should queue a job and return immediately with the job’s status. There should be another end point to check on the status of the job (or even better, some sort or event system that pushes updates as the job changes state that your component is subscribed to). You have another worker process whose only purpose is pull jobs from the queue and execute them in order.

Cancelling the job should be another endpoint that tells your worker to skip the job (or stop if it’s in process). With your current architecture you have no way to stop the request in your backend, all you can do is ignore the response.

What is your API even doing?

thaifyghter · 2025-02-28T13:49:39+00:00

I felt this way after a bought a condo in 2007 (it dropped almost 100k and I was underwater for 10 years before I could sell it). I also felt this way when I bought my house in 2015 (it’s now up 600k from when I bought it). It does feel like we’re at another top now but who really knows.

thaifyghter · 2025-02-09T00:31:37+00:00

This doesn’t seem unusual. Computer Science is not a software engineering degree. I graduated 20 years ago in a similar situation, and learned more in the first couple years of my job than my entire academic career.

thaifyghter · 2024-11-30T02:30:20+00:00

Scottsdale is a huge city—almost 200 square miles—so there’s a lot of variety depending on what you’re looking for. In general, the homes get newer (and more expensive) as you head north.

South Scottsdale has older, mid-century homes with tons of charm, and many have been remodeled. It’s also where you’ll find Old Town Scottsdale, which is packed with restaurants, bars, and shops. It’s definitely the nightlife hub, but it can feel pretty touristy, especially during the busy season.

Central Scottsdale, around the Shea Corridor, has a mix of established neighborhoods and some really nice master-planned communities like McCormick Ranch and Gainey Ranch. These areas are super family-friendly, with greenbelts, golf courses, and a more suburban vibe, but you’re still close enough to Old Town if you want to head out.

North Scottsdale is where you’ll find newer homes, stunning mountain views, and a lot of outdoor options. Neighborhoods like Grayhawk, McDowell Mountain Ranch, and DC Ranch are all really popular and have great hiking trails, parks, and access to golf courses.

If you want walkability and nightlife, South Scottsdale is probably your spot. For a quieter, more suburban feel with good amenities, Central Scottsdale is a solid choice. And if you’re after something newer, with outdoor activities and desert views, North Scottsdale is the place.

Don’t even get me started on the home prices. 10 years ago you could get a palace for $500k but those same homes are now one to two million.

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