mariogintili

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   by mariogintili 9mo ago

   what are the most unhinged and uncensored models out there?
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   by mariogintili 9mo ago

   1) no 2) kind off but isn't that a really bad idea? specially knowing that the industry seems to be going down
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   by mariogintili 9mo ago

   I'm fairly successful at the interview just crickets, I get nothing!
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   by mariogintili 9mo ago

   I'd like to thank everyone for the comments and upvotes, as it stands, I have now been unemployed(while searching) for 3 months. I have decided to make some serious changes to my search and what I do with my spare time. I'll post
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   by mariogintili 9mo ago

   > But the risk is that someone else will go even lower than your offer until the role can be done internally by another person using an AI agent. I have assessed various AI models & agents. I don't think I can be replaced by the
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   by mariogintili 9mo ago

   any recruiters you'd recommend?
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   by mariogintili 9mo ago

   > Hypothetically being able to afford something if things were hypothetically different is not an indicator of what is affordable in reality. unemployment is an extraordinary circumstance for me. Extraordinary circumstances affect afford
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   by mariogintili 9mo ago

   yes, so when I see an opening I try to message the key people around the role first, not just fill out a form. Any other approaches are well welcomed
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   by mariogintili 9mo ago

   > What’s funny is that many companies hiring “AI engineers” don’t really know what they’re doing. I’ve had interviews where they openly said: “We don’t really have AI expertise, but we know we need AI.” That’s how things are right now. I
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    Open to remote peeps? I'm in the EU
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    Nah, definitely not. And programmers haven't gotten any better in the last 5 years
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    I strongly advice you not to leave, this is a hard market
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    thanks, email sent
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    I'm no longer in a location where is easy to commute to a major city. I can't choose to get a job in a big city anymore that's 5 days a week
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    true! I do believe in the 1 man SaaS legends. Any of us could build a little app overnight and watch it succeed. I just don't have the sales/marketing muscle to my efforts
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    How do people find jobs in the US? In the UK you're usually "discovered" by a company's talent team or independent recruiters. I've had very little to no success with direct applications
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    your comment honors your handle, That being said, this is about unemployment not affordability. I can afford where I am, if I had a job
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    > I'd also recommend looking beyond startups and pure software/tech companies. There are many businesses in eg manufacturing, or in less mainstream locations, that struggle to hire decent devs. That's where I'm aiming
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    hmm it depends really, I go below and above my "market rate" I've come to learn that your salary as an engineer is more directly tied to your company's success rather than your personal outcomes as an engineer. I've
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    That was back then when we were in our infancy as an industry and everything was about spitting out some cool graphics in less than 100 lines of JavaScript Right now(specially looking at the world economy) It's all about getting yourse
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    Honestly, like the international landscape for salaries has kind off like normalised itself. Wages for SWEs are more or less the same across the globe when you look at remote work. Intelligent people are cutting costs instead of trying to e
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    I'm open to be partially onsite
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    Thanks Marius! Here's my contact details https://www.linkedin.com/in/mario-gintili-software-engineer/ https://github.com/shellandbull I'll send an application over. my contact email is c
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    Here it is :) https://www.linkedin.com/in/mario-gintili-software-engineer/ And my Github https://www.linkedin.com/in/mario-gintili-software-engineer/
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    I applied for those(hybrid), still the same reach :(
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    > Is there a particular specialisation you have, and then how does someone who needs that specialisation find you? Being a generalist and having experience delivering products all the way its what makes me stand out. That being said, I&#
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    I can, I have an EU nationality so working for an EU client is seamless to me. > Unless the company is a FAANG company or hedge fund, the UK tech scene is dead. That is VERY, VERY true > I don’t see any good UK startups worth joining
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    How did you get cancelled? I think the same happened to a friend
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    I have successfully explored AI & prompt engineering. I already feel I'm "augmented" vs when I didn't had access to these tools. I do 100% agree with you, thanks for the good wishes
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    by mariogintili 9mo ago

    My commute is not in a realistic location for commutes. > I’m in the US and everyone I’ve talked to who wants to move have been discussing the challenges of getting a foot in the door anywhere. Really? I thought the US was doing extremel