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by matwood 6mo ago
I've seen non-tech people building internal tooling that engineering just never had time to get to. Small/lean companies are leveling up with AI, and they aren't carrying the salary overhead of the big companies. The big comp
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Most of the US is a right to work environment where a company can let someone go at any time for any reason other than the few protected class reasons. Many companies also have 90 day probationary period where they bypass internal company p
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Most likely poor forward guidance.
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> but harder to get a job as well. I just tried hiring someone and received over 200 resumes that looked mostly fake. Thinking about adding a final in person interview in an attempt cut down the garbage when I repost.
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I’m one of those, and it’s true. One of the reasons I liked coding is because it’s easy on a relative basis. Dealing with people, ambiguous requirements, edge cases, business realities, are all the parts that are hard. American football pla
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> Understanding the problem at hand I think one of the things that AI is uncovering is how bad many programmers were/are at this. Sure , they may understand by ref vs. by val, but they can’t or won’t take the time to really understa
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I love how everyone is blaming management and if they only listened to the programmer(s) everything would be fixed. I’ve been on all sides of this coin, and there is plenty of blame, misunderstanding, and bad ideas to go around.
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Average EU unemployment rate is ~6% with some countries as high as 10%. I think many in the EU would just be happy to have a job to begin with.
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I have non-technical people vibe coding internal tooling that the engineering team simply hasn't had time to get to [1]. It's been a big help internally. Maintenance isn't an issue because the effort to create it was so low,
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“They” in your sentence is not SVB. Depositors who put money in an accredited bank should not have to worry about bank runs. Risk free banking for depositors is a cornerstone of the US economy. There’s also no moral hazard here - the shareh
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According to Google some 20% of marriages began at work, and some 50% of people say they have a close friend at work. IDK about it being a primary source, but it's definitely an important one. And it makes sense when people are around
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> ruin my life What trouble have you gotten in for doing what exactly? The stupid things you see on TikTok are (nearly?) all fake.
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Go to a 'bar' in Italy and people are just as likely to get a coffee as they are wine at night.
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> but do you really want to meet the type of person who hangs out in a bar Wow, ok. There is a huge space between alcoholic at the bar every night and someone who likes to have a drink with their friends on a Saturday night.
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> Friendships before graduations are almost all completely spontaneous and natural. They are mainly from proximity. You see people in class, you live near them, and you're near the same age. It's the same reason in person work
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BJJ is very social because you can't train alone. It also mostly weeds out assholes because no one wants to train with jerks (usually there's a single gym in an area that ends up with all the jerks lol). The other thing that qui
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It's not 'coming up with a favor'. You're genuinely asking someone for help that they can provide. This one is more challenging with strangers, but with friends and newer relationships where you know the people better, a
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I was about to say this. Anyone who has spent any time at the gym will have zero problem spotting someone.
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I was given this book as a shy kid. I've read it multiple times. It really should be titled, "How To be a Decent Human". Show genuine interest in everyone you come across, and everyone's day ends up much better. I'm
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SVB was not bailed out. Depositors were made whole (as they should be), but shareholders were completely wiped out (as they should have been).
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I can't speak for the EU, but this article was interesting. It sounds like a big part of it is that Ryanair's costs were simply less to start. https://onemileatatime.com/insights/why-spirit-fail-ryanair-...
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The immediate cause was rising fuel prices. The other issue sounds like it was poorly ran. More generally, it is also a low cost carrier at a time when, after years of competing on price, airlines are seeing people willing to pay more for a
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Interesting example since giant sequoias benefit greatly from forest fires... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_sempervirens#Fire_adap...
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“How did you go bankrupt? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” -Hemmingway
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When the best AI models are the same or better than the best[1] human developers, what then? We're already at the point talking about best vs. best.
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Obviously any comment that doesn't match the responders exact style must be AI /s.
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Except they already have invented new languages. https://medium.com/@trezzescience/the-ai-that-invented-its-o...
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Exactly. The US hasn't forgotten how to manufacture, in fact a ton of manufacturing happens in the US. What's happened is that it's been automated. And automation is one of the better ways to extract knowledge from a person w
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Exactly. My mom lost her job because of early onset. She was very social, read tons of books, etc…. Now, I’m happy she at least still knows who am, but she can’t put a sentence together.
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> Heck, if I was forced to either short or invest Meta with all my retirement savings now betting on it's value in 25 years.. I'd short it. Short of social media being classified as something like alcohol or cigarettes, you wil

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