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Has AI permanently eroded the US job market for Software Engineering? (Blind)

• sa40087 (Google): Coding is the most difficult part of SWE. If your coding skills are worse than an overseas worker or AI then SWE isn’t for you.
• iPadKid (Zillow Group): You clearly haven’t worked with many offshore teams. I’ve worked with several and the quality has often been poor. Whether it’s differences in training, incentives, or engineering culture, the standards I’ve seen have generally been lower. Interestingly, people from those same regions often produce much stronger work after joining U.S.-based teams, which suggests the environment and expectations matter more than geography. AI doesn’t solve that problem either. It can accelerate execution, but it doesn’t replace strong engineering judgment, solid processes, or experienced people who know how to steer the ship.
• Meta-101 (Meta): I have 8yoe and have been in the job market couple of times. I have been applying for the past 1year and have sent about 1000 applications, got 20 interviews and 0 offers. This has been the hardest job market I have experienced. Getting a job for me was hard after graduation, it’s even harder today after 8 years of experience and a phd.

Bloomberg has to be best place to work in tech (Blind)

• regale (Bloomberg): If only you knew how bad things were 😬
• IworkInHR (Bloomberg): All true, except we have raised the bar in recent years. We have never had layoffs and developed a bit of a coaster culture for some. You have to perform now or risk pip. But even so, you have to really suck to get pip.
• westbound (Bloomberg): bbg used to be a chill place to work, and TC was good for that wlb. Things changed around 2023 or so. Instead of layoffs they raised the bar (which is nowhere to be published) and if you are one of the chosen ones they will mentally drain you by pointing out all the negatives without any sense of encouragement or support, until they have enough documentation to put you in pip or you quit yourself. In a way its worse than layoffs really

I hope everyone in tech gets laid off at least once in their life (Blind)

• lllIIll (Coinbase): Wishing bad things on people is bad karma
• pilapi (Google): Mostly the weak ones do though. Strong people can sense something wrong and move internally
• santaclawd (Klaviyo): Laid off 3x during and from COVID revenue impacts. You’re an asshole.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Pivot to AI Is Blowing Up in His Face Spectacularly (r/technology)

• tc100292: Imagine pivoting away from the Metaverse and somehow that blowing up in your face too
• GreenFox1505: They literally renamed the company meta for a product that does not exist.
• SlapThatAce: Even with his pervert glasses he didn’t see that coming.

One California town found Flock’s license plate cameras were wrong 71% of the time (r/technology)

• classick_4: I’ve noticed how more and more states are offering all black plates with white letters. I used to think they were just for looks but now I’m starting to think it’s a cunning way to make things easier for traffic/AI/Flock cameras…
• Keellas_Ahullford: Flock should be sued every time this happens
• -Casey-Diaz-: That’s scarier than if they were accurate. Dystopian tyrannical government surveilling their citizens’ every move is bad, but imagine if that you could get got simply by the government fucking up. That’s Robocop-level dystopian.