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What areas are the smartest developers working in?

12 points by alirsgp 5y ago

Crypto, AI? I'm seeing a high concentration of talent focusing on crypto.

kazishariar 5y ago
The smartest? Probably on ways to defend against the eventual and coming AI apocalypse, it's not a matter of how, but when-
- NathanielWest 5y ago
  resistance is futile
- cableshaft 5y ago
  I'm betting the climate apocalypse will come before the AI apocalypse, thus the latter isn't worth wasting any energy on.
1680168l 5y ago
Methods and applications for military AI.
runawaybottle 5y ago
The smartest developers are working on crud apps at a faang, it’s the smartest thing to do. It’s easy as shit and pays a ton. If you are smart, that’s what you do. If you are hard working, then you do something hard, and doing hard things is … well, not so smart. The question you should be asking is what are the modestly average developers trying to work hard on.
- admissionsguy 5y ago
  Sitting on the terrace of a villa in Sweden overseeing a beautiful lake, having finished all client work for the year two months ago, working as an individual contributor at a faang does not strike me as a very smart thing to do if easy life is the goal.
  - ck_one 5y ago
    How expensive is a/your villa in Sweden?
    - dcminter 5y ago
      Inexpensive unless you're near a major city/transport hub: https://www.hemnet.se/ https://www.hemnet.se/
UK-Al05 5y ago
Depends what you mean by smart? A lot of smart people enjoy technical & mathematical problems as opposed to business, hustling and risk taking. So they are probably on the career track at large tech and finance companies. It allows you be well paid while specialising on what you enjoy. No drama.
thorin 5y ago
The smartest developers are probably at the beach surfing, or chilling out.
- muzani 5y ago
  I don't understand this abhorrence for work. There's more of a dopamine kick from solving a tough bug than surfing.
  - kadomony 5y ago
    Not even close, bud. I’ll live my life before solving a problem I don’t benefit much from.
- swman 5y ago
  I don’t think they meant lifestyle app devs/founders lol
- deleted 5y ago
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qecez 5y ago
There seems to be a lot of energy in LN, e.g. http://bolt12.org http://bolt12.org
barbarbar 5y ago
SAP
aaccount 5y ago
Staying far away from hyped up areas like crypto and AI
cpach 5y ago
All kinds of areas I guess…? From CRUD apps over to cryptography (e.g. WireGuard, Signal, Noise), kernel hacking, programming language design, DBMS development (SQLite, PostgreSQL), app development (e.g. Chrome, Firefox) etc etc.
phekunde 5y ago
On code synthesis :)
sydthrowaway 5y ago
I would also like to know. Where are Stanford grads going these days? I doubt to FAANG.

12 points by alirsgp 5y ago

Crypto, AI? I'm seeing a high concentration of talent focusing on crypto.

The smartest? Probably on ways to defend against the eventual and coming AI apocalypse, it's not a matter of how, but when-

NathanielWest 5y ago
resistance is futile
cableshaft 5y ago
I'm betting the climate apocalypse will come before the AI apocalypse, thus the latter isn't worth wasting any energy on.

1680168l 5y ago

Methods and applications for military AI.

runawaybottle 5y ago

The smartest developers are working on crud apps at a faang, it’s the smartest thing to do. It’s easy as shit and pays a ton. If you are smart, that’s what you do. If you are hard working, then you do something hard, and doing hard things is … well, not so smart. The question you should be asking is what are the modestly average developers trying to work hard on.

admissionsguy 5y ago
Sitting on the terrace of a villa in Sweden overseeing a beautiful lake, having finished all client work for the year two months ago, working as an individual contributor at a faang does not strike me as a very smart thing to do if easy life is the goal.
- ck_one 5y ago
  How expensive is a/your villa in Sweden?
  - dcminter 5y ago
    Inexpensive unless you're near a major city/transport hub: https://www.hemnet.se/ https://www.hemnet.se/

UK-Al05 5y ago

Depends what you mean by smart? A lot of smart people enjoy technical & mathematical problems as opposed to business, hustling and risk taking. So they are probably on the career track at large tech and finance companies. It allows you be well paid while specialising on what you enjoy. No drama.

thorin 5y ago

The smartest developers are probably at the beach surfing, or chilling out.

muzani 5y ago
I don't understand this abhorrence for work. There's more of a dopamine kick from solving a tough bug than surfing.
- kadomony 5y ago
  Not even close, bud. I’ll live my life before solving a problem I don’t benefit much from.
swman 5y ago
I don’t think they meant lifestyle app devs/founders lol
deleted 5y ago
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qecez 5y ago

There seems to be a lot of energy in LN, e.g. http://bolt12.org http://bolt12.org

barbarbar 5y ago

SAP

aaccount 5y ago

Staying far away from hyped up areas like crypto and AI

cpach 5y ago

All kinds of areas I guess…? From CRUD apps over to cryptography (e.g. WireGuard, Signal, Noise), kernel hacking, programming language design, DBMS development (SQLite, PostgreSQL), app development (e.g. Chrome, Firefox) etc etc.

phekunde 5y ago

On code synthesis :)

sydthrowaway 5y ago

I would also like to know. Where are Stanford grads going these days? I doubt to FAANG.