throwaway_43793

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Ask HN: What does your wife do?
5 points by throwaway_43793 2y ago|7 comments
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
Not necessarily product. You can become a manager, or a technical lead.
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
This blew up way more than I expected. Thanks everyone for the comments, I read almost all of them. For the sake of not repeating myself, I would like to clarify/state some things. 1. I did not intend to signal that SWE will disappear
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
Code quality does not affect final product quality IMHO. I worked in companies with terrible code, that deployed on an over-engineered cloud provider using custom containers hacked with a nail and a screwdriver, but the product was excellen
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
Maybe I'm a lousy developer, true. But I do know now that your code does not matter. Unlike any other creative profession, what matters is the final output, and code is not the final output. If companies can get the final output with l
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
I think the idea of meritocracy has died in me. I wish I could be rewarded for my knowledge and expertise, but it seems that capitalism, as in maximizing profit, has won above everything else.
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
Are you doing it? What business are you running? How do you find customers?
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
What's your plan to transition into product/management?
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
It's a good advice indeed. But there is a slight problem with it. Young people can learn and fight for their place in the workforce, but what is left for older people like myself? I'm in this industry already, I might have missed
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
I think coding will stay as a hobby. You know, like there are people who still build physical stuff with wires and diodes. None of them are doing it for commercial reasons, but the ability to produces billions of transistors on a silicon di
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
Everything you have described, apart from on-call, I think LLMs can/will be able to do. Explaining code, reviewing code, writing code, writing test, writing tech docs. I think we are approaching a point where all these will be done by
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
But the problem is that the majority of SWs are like that. You can blame them, or the industry, bust most engineers are writing code most of the time. For every Tech Lead who does "people stuff", there are 5-20 engineers who, most
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
It's a good point, and I keep hearing it often, but it has one flaw. It assumes that most engineers are in contact with the end customer, while in reality they are not. Most engineers are going through a PM whose role is to do what you
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Ask HN: SWEs how do you future-proof your career in light of LLMs?
530 points by throwaway_43793 2y ago|991 comments
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
Not, it's an approach from reality. I'm not going to slave away for an idea without getting rewarded for it. I'm not 21 years old to waste my life. I have a family and financial obligations to take care of. If you want me to
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
I am, but it doesnt pay the bills.
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
Thanks. Teaching does not pay as good as tech. Pity, but this is the world we live in
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
Nah. Unless I get a real fat equity and a nice paycheck. Most of such business offer neither, and in this case I prefer to build something of my own
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
I feel that most of it is pointless. I'm past the stage where I can argue with people over stupid engineering architecture decisions. It's all full of BS and ego. Most people would rather die defending their favorite language&#x2F
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
Thanks. I want to move to something else that is not coding. Coding is too taxing on my mental health, and I don't think I can do it on someones terms anymore. I am trying to build a business on the side, but until it becomes profitabl
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
I don't know anymore. I tried to take a year off, was super fun, but didn't help. I think I'm just tired of writing code for corporate.
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
I have a family. I don't live paycheck to paycheck, but I also can't take time off.
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Ask HN: I don't want to code anymore. What else can I do?
72 points by throwaway_43793 2y ago|74 comments
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
This is an impressive resume and some cool things you do! I am, unfortunately, too old to start a PhD right now.
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
My question wasn't clear enough I'm afraid. It's not that I don't want to work, it's more about the fact that I don't want to participate in meaningless rituals. There are absolutely zero reasons to have the 9-
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
Would you mind to share how and what do you do?
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
My question wasn't clear enough I'm afraid. It's not that I don't want to work, it's more about the fact that I don't want to participate in meaningless rituals. There are absolutely zero reasons to have the 9-
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by throwaway_43793 2y ago
Thanks for sharing your perspective. It is indeed people skills that matters the most. I, unfortunately, found out about this too late. I didn't keep any connections, nor I posses good people skills. I was focusing too much on tech my
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Ask HN: Is there no escape from working 9-5?
3 points by throwaway_43793 2y ago|13 comments
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Ask HN: How do I cope with stress and axiety caused by big change in life?
19 points by throwaway_43793 3y ago|17 comments

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