I’m bothered too. I’m looking forward to the first viral app distributed in an alternate App Store with a zero day that can infect iPhones that do not have that app or store installed. I bet Apple will be blamed somehow.
There’s a correlated relationship between open platforms and security but people in this thread seem to imply this has zero security implications.
I don’t know much about generative AI but this can be easily fixed by Google right. I do not see the sky is falling narrative a lot of commenters here are selling.
I’m biased but I would rather have these baffling fuckups at attempting to implement DEI than companies never even attempting at all.
Remember when the Kinect couldn’t recognize black people ?
"In a "switched" network, when Device A wants to send data to Device B, the switch directly connects these two devices so they can chat. Think of it like a train switcher that directly links Track A to Track B for a specific train, instead of sending it through a maze of tracks where other trains are moving.
In contrast, a "hub-based" network is like a party line in old telephone systems. When Device A talks, EVERY device hears it, but only Device B cares and listens. This is less efficient and can be slower because all devices get the data, which clogs up the network.
Another option is a "routed" network, where a router decides the best path for the data. This is like GPS choosing the best route based on current traffic conditions. It's more flexible but can introduce more delays because the data might go through multiple steps to reach its destination.
It's called "switched" because the switch acts like a railroad switch operator, making a direct track connection from one device to another for each piece of data. It "switches" the pathway specifically for that data to make the communication as direct as possible."
“Entrepreneurs often write about what’s going right, but too rarely write about what’s gone wrong“
They do in retrospectives like this after they achieved later success.I found that a lot of rich and successful people in different domains love talking about pass failures after they eventually succeed.
You very very rarely see a post on here from someone who failed, and they do not know how to fix the issue or their next move in life.
Threads like this are not good for my mental health. I’m a public sector software engineer for the US government in the DMV. I have eights years in and I’m barely making 6 six figures. I’m considering getting out but it won’t be easy. It’s a weird feeling that at 31 I feel like I already screwed up career and income wise. Is there any chance I could make 200k plus before 40 ?
I have a coworker that believes we are paid well considering our benefits and pto compared to the average software developer. His argument is that outside of FAANG, salaries for the average developer aren’t that much higher than ours. And if they are, the working conditions are worst. He also believes FAANG employees are working more than 80 hours work, or they are super better than “public sector employees” so that’s why they command higher pay. I don’t buy the last one.
I went to a FAANG at a similar point in my career to where you are now. More than tripled my pay. I firmly believe that any dev can get in if they practice enough leetcode problems. We are not special. I say go for it if you want it.
> I firmly believe that any dev can get in if they practice enough leetcode problems.
That’s the east part, but if your entire resume is non tech, then FAANG recruiters don’t reach out. (I’ve only ever had one FAANG recruiter ever reach out to me and that was Amazon when they were participating in the idiotic hiring spree during the pandemic). We know cold apps are worthless, and if you aren’t already in that scene, you probably don’t have close enough connections with someone to get a referral. So how do you even get a chance to do the leetcode interviews.
If this is something that’s really getting to you, you should move to the Bay Area, at least for a few years. Your “luck” will skyrocket. The opportunities in tech just aren’t present in other cities in the way they are in the Bay Area. I say this as someone who moved there from a mid-sized city and now moved back to that mid-sized city, taking my Bay Area job with me. The primary difference I’ve noticed between FANG employees (having been one) and public sector employees is not talent but rather that the former are willing to move across the country or world for better opportunities, whereas the latter are not.
Yup. It's not a fair game. Or at least it benefits young people or people with loose family ties.
I had opportunities there but being from another continent, seeing my family once a year wasn't enough. With kids and a significant other that has even stronger ties to their family, it is impossible.
I think it wouldn't necessarily hurt the kids...but my partner wouldn't find work in the US and it would be a dent in their career.
Long story short like what others above say: If your team is good and your working conditions are good and you make good money in your country...maybe look at the bright side and not be envious of others.
I realized I make good money for here, have no management responsibility. Can work from home and basically as flexibly as I want to. All this ALREADY is a great gift. Don't need to dream of some FANG salary. I'm a big part of my kids' early lives instead of studying leet code questions.
If you join companies like HPE, Dell etc you can probably double your pay and still have good WLB. FAANG are outliers with regards to pay. There are other tech focused companies like the ones I mentioned above which still pay above average and have good WLB.
I find it odd Chatgpt was mentioned at all. It was almost like an advertisement.
I have read post linked here similar to this one, but I can’t recall another instance in which the author abruptly said they relied on stackoverflow to code something unless the content was a meta commentary on coding and debugging itself.
I can empathize with the author. The first time you write some code collaboratively with GPT and it actually works, you feel a burning need to shout about it. Because it's one of those moments where something "clicks" and you suddenly feel like you've discovered fire. Once you figure out how to work with them, it makes you excited for the future and you can clearly see where LLMs will fit permanently
into your toolbelt. They're far from perfect now, and sometimes the time savings is a wash - you get instant specialized expertise that can produce code like a senior engineer, but you need to goad and coax it like it's a high maintenance intern. But the thinking power expended is still somehow lower - it's a new way of working with technology and deferring some of the grueling parts to the machine. This becomes especially obvious when the code requirements depend on an esoteric API or conventions that you'd normally need to spend time researching and manually enumerating.
Author here. My intention was to show that you can use it to help you get going quickly for a very practical, one-off, and self-contained use cases. As I mentioned in other comments already, I did not trust it blindly and did not share any sensitive data with it. Definitely not an ad!
maybe if you're hosting replicas or proxies outside of a highcost bandwith area?
low cost end replicas at the end. if the bandwidth usage is half the cost in their multihop topology, 14XXXX compared to 16XXXX? depends on the number of proxies or replication and pricing.
I’m in the same camp as you. I still exercise because I can’t see myself not exercising; plus I know it’s benefiting me physically.
For some reason I really dislike casual talk amongst people about this subject. When people causally give simple solutions to their depression I wonder if they were actually “clinically depressed.” Or they say X helped but forgot to mention they were also on drug Y and seeing a therapist Z many times a week.
My favorite internet depression cure is travel.
A common narrative is that a lot of kids were set back by the quality of remote or in person education due to a covid. Another common narrative is that these kids are screwed for life because of this setup back. I would just like to remind people Black Americans and poor whites often deal with lower quality of education compared to white and upperclass peers for their entire K-12 experience.
There’s a correlated relationship between open platforms and security but people in this thread seem to imply this has zero security implications.