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Well ... bumped up my Claude subscription from Pro to Max and closed out my OpenAI accounts. It's a drop in the ocean but I'll sleep better knowing I did the right thing. Thanks Ch…

Yes but is AI really getting you unstuck or are you playing a game of whack-a-mole where it fixes one bug and generates several others that you are unaware off (just one example)?

Fair point. But are we moving even further away from determinism with the current ways of working with AI?

But ... but ... your productivity as an engineer shoots up! You can take on more tasks and ship more! -- Dumbass Engineering Director who has never written a line of code in their …

Explain?

Well said! I wonder if it is like this in the mechanical / electrical engineering space or if the Math n Physics is scary enough to keep the riff-raff out. We've made it too easy f…

The nerve of that product guy! I’ve always been vocal about this ... engineers are at the core of our business because they build and ship. Everyone else, myself included as an eng…

The writing gives the impression of someone speaking about hands-on technical work without a clear understanding of what that actually entails. After reviewing the author’s public …

Spot on!

"The fact that the US population elected him a second time means that the US as a whole can't be trusted to behave like rational adults." This! I mean think about it for a second. …

"We've had bathroom scales for over a century, yet as a society, we are more obese than ever." Exactly! Couple decades ago they blamed human stupidity on lack of information. Look …

OK, so it's not that hard but try and follow along. Did the employees say they have the data to prove it? No! Did mgmt. say it? Yes! So let's ask mgmt. first to disclose said data.…

JFC! People will say anything. LOL!

Awesome! I am about halfway (~25 years) in and all I needed so far was C#/SQL Server/VS etc. Do you think I can get away for another 15 years?

"You’ll soon find that doing your hobby for a living cools your enthusiasm for your hobby" So well put!

You, Sir, have an amazing way with words. Thank you for sharing your experiences. If it ever comes to a 3rd act for you, do consider a career in writing / blogging especially to sh…

Such a gem of a post with bubbling curiosity!!

Excellent advice!

I'd say she dodged a bullet. Hope this psycho never has any offspring. The world has enough of them already.

What say Hacker News, would you hire Cletus?

100% this! Calling one's colleague an NPC is not only demeaning but also shows a lack of awareness and empathy. Does the author even understand that by his logic, he is a NPC in hi…

The author has two choices: 1. Learn to enjoy the freedom gained from his wealth and not work another day. 2. Give away ALL of it to charity and start over again so he can prove to…

Who said anything about infinite time? What the poster (you're responding to) meant was due to the nature of our profession's leniency about tech debt and "go go go" push from non-…

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