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Name some alternate professions after quitting tech
Name some alternate professions after quitting tech I am super burnt out and still young(ish) (30Y). I really cannot work in this tech industry anymore. I have around 2M and partner will continue to work. What are some alternate professions I can pursue and atleast get some decent money? (100K-150k$) per year? Education: Master’s in Computer science Would love to hear real experiences as well.
37% of Confluent laid off
This is huge. Why isn't this in the news? This is bcs of the IBM acquisition :( Because if you get acquired, it’s expected that redundant roles will be removed. This is mostly targeting legal & sales? I signed an offer and my join date is next week as a swe, so this is concerning lol Interesting, so the opposite of Block layoffs then? Block laid off mostly engineering and kept business teams, but Confluent seems to be in the opposite direction.
SWE will not end in 5 years!
Have you noticed how AI doomsday predictions are always 5 or 10 years into the future? It’s never 3.6 years or 1.7 years. It’s always nice, round numbers like 5 or 10. Do you know why? It’s because the people making these predictions are pulling these numbers out of their ass. It doesn’t matter whether they are average joes or AI savants. The truth is that we are all ret*rded with respect to accurately predicting the future.
Hard truth: AI will only eliminate mediocre SWEs
Hard truth: AI will only eliminate mediocre SWEs If you are a real 10xer AI is the best thing to ever happpen to you. It’s unreal how fast you can build now. On the other hand if you are not a superstar, then you are about to be replaced by a superstar + 10 coding bots. Sorry Hard truth TC 600
SWE is dead in 5 years
Well, you won't have anyone to hate on Cummins. But you will also probably be out of a job lol That’s a lots of H1Bs for one year… Lol all the jobs are already outsourced or being done as we speak. You gonna be out of job soon. All the best. When all SWEs die, who is going to buy Claude subscription? If Claude is dead, who is going to do whatever coding tasks needed? On serious matter, things will surely change on how software is developed. Even the scope of what is being developed will change.
Sad, 400,000 Indian applicants will pass away before they have the opportunity to obtain a Green Card.
Apple 007Bondish OP Yesterday I am talking about parents and not the children. While I agree that children born in the U.S. automatically become U.S. citizens under the Birthright Citizenship in the United States, at least as of now. However, those kids cannot sponsor their parents until they turn 21.
Airbnb, Google, or DoorDash Offer Eval
Airtable turkeyguy Yesterday I worked at Airbnb as a swe. One of my biggest career regrets is ever leaving. The only company I’ve worked at in my career that had amazing people (as measured by both talent level and human decency/personality), and where I actually think the CEO genuinely gives a shit about his employees. I did not appreciate how unique that was until I left. Worked in FANG previously. IMO, Airbnb is the best tech company to work for, hands down.
Few months ago, Blind did not think AI would take over coding
Few months ago, Blind did not think AI would take over coding Many engineers kept saying AI produced slop and you could trust it. A mere 3 months later, I don't think anyone is saying that anymore? Where will be in 6 months with claude code, etc just scratching the surface.
Anthropic is about to become a commodity.
Anthropic is about to become a commodity. Everyone's riding high off euphoria from Opus 4.5, but few realize that they have zero moat. Why else they would block their users from using Opencode and Openclaw and mess with caching on Claude Code for other providers? Cause obviously they realize they have zero moat and are trying to fleece as much money as they can during the peak of hype & euphoria.
BREAKING: GPT-5.2 derived a new result in theoretical physics
"In a new preprint, GPT‑5.2 proposed a formula for a gluon amplitude later proved by an internal OpenAI model and verified by the authors." "The paper, published by researchers from Institute for Advanced Study, OpenAI, Vanderbilt University, Cambridge University and Harvard University, focuses on gluons, which are the particles that carry the strong nuclear force, which, as that sticky name suggests, binds quarks together inside protons and neutrons." AGI is here.
Layoffs at Atlassian
Layoffs at Atlassian Heard from someone close to engineering leadership that Atlassian is planning layoffs, following today’s cuts at Amazon.potential targets could skew toward post-COVID hires. I’m currently in the team-matching process for an M60 role, so this is concerning. Looking for verified info only: scope, timing, criteria, and affected orgs.
Pinterest laying off 15% of workforce in push toward AI roles and teams
Pinterest laying off 15% of workforce in push toward AI roles and teams Pinterest is laying off less than 15% of its workforce and cutting back on office space. The company said it’s “reallocating resources” to roles and teams focused on artificial intelligence. The cuts are expected to be complete by the end of Pinterest’s third quarter. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/27/pinterest-layoffs-stock-ai.html
The more i learn about Amazon, the less I understand why people work there.
LOL. Uber copied all LPs from Amazon and has bar raisers. It's not that Uber is any better.
Are marital issues, divorce situation on the rise with increasing layoffs? | Layoffs - Blind
Sad truth is there’s no such thing as unconditional love between partners. If you don’t maintain stable financials women lose interest. Yet they complain the most. Yes because the males become unattractive. Would you stay with a woman if she didn’t maintain her appearance? Samara. There is no women over 40 that are attractive, but men stay committed to their vows. Women on the other hand are fleeting as soon as men lose income or they find someone earning more.
Offer evaluation for genAI startup
What's the stage of the startup, current valuation and how likely do you think it might 10x? Also are they offering rsus or options? If options , did you subtract the strike price to compute the equity value. Without this information it would not be possible to evaluate the startup
AI will lead to hiring more software engineers.
AI will lead to hiring more software engineers. The most ironic outcome is the most likely. Who is going to read and validate all these lines of code? Who is going to anchor the system to reality and the business? Irreducible Complexity. We have a symbiotic relationship with it. The is will not change: AI alone < human alone <= human + AI (depending on skill) Prepare for the golden age my friends. Select only one answer ...View Result
No one saw it coming: Amazon is now the leader in the AI race
Yeah yeah, I know what you’re thinking. “OpenAI has the most popular models” “Google has DeepMind and 20 years of research” “Anthropic is the new safety darling” “xAI is Elon’s wild card” “Meta is open-sourcing everything and winning the vibes” And meanwhile everyone smugly agreed: “Amazon? Lol they’re the e-commerce & cloud grandpa. They’ll always be 12–18 months behind in foundational models. Cute, but irrelevant.” Well guess what, geniuses?
As an Indian even I am shocked to see the # of Indians at Amazon's Sunnyvale office. This is insane. WTF happened man!
And why’s that bad? Are you doing something or seeing something that Amazon should worry about? If it’s just the count of Indians that bothers you so much, resign. Every drop counts.
How can I escape amazon
How can I escape amazon I have 1 yoe Im starting to hate it here. Terrible wlb minimum 50 hour weeks, terrible oncall, bs politics and multiple recorgs and the jan layoffs. There are a few good things from my experience though I learned a shit ton, my team gets along well, and pay imo is decent ik people shit on it. I'm willing to take a pay cut to leave but everywhere I see doesn't take 1 yoe
SWEs will be gone by the end of 2026
I haven’t written a single line of code in months. My manager doesn’t even assign tasks to me anymore. Starting this week, he’s been using Opus 4.5 to one-shot every single change and asking me to simply review it. I haven’t found a single mistake. It’s over. It’s so over. What will happen next year will be historic. I expect to see an uptick in trailers around the Bay Area to help house all of the homeless SWEs who will have to sell their houses and file for divorce.
Amazon accused of hiding layoffs to keep green card cases alive | Layoffs - Blind
Amazon accused of hiding layoffs to keep green card cases alive TLDR: Amazon employees on blind are claiming the company is using a different Amazon entity to keep green card sponsorships going during layoffs. Is Amazon really gaming the immigration system? As always: If youโve seen something wild, or want me to post something for you feel free to DM me.
I got rejected with my real name but got 3 invites as an American name
I've been applying for a few months now and and all I've been getting were the automated 'unfortunately' rejection emails. I checked off all the requirements and even got my resume critiqued by a career coach. I saw on reddit someone applying to same job with different names so I changed my name on my resume. BAM. I got an email asking for an interview. My name is very Chinese. but I used to go by James when I was in school.
This job market is not real. SWE with 15 yoe, 7 onsites, 0 offers
@CapitalOne, that Tech Case interview is somewhat unnecessarily complicated and confusing for a Lead level role. I mean, 8 to 10 data-points for a truth-table with pretty confusing statements to even begin building that table. There's no practice material, and on top of it, if the Interviewer is impatiently interrupting more than helping - I recently did that Virtual Cards, and Transactions question in an interview.
AWS Laid Off 40% of Its DevOps Staff — What They’re Using Instead Will Shock You | Layoffs - Blind
I found this article on medium. Is this true? "A senior AWS solutions architect had written (and later deleted): "After automating most of our infrastructure — around 90% of it — my entire DevOps team was labeled redundant."" https://aws.plainenglish.io/aws-laid-off-40-of-its-devops-staff-what-theyre-using-instead-will-shock-you-544ebb38a63d #severance #layoff AWS Laid Off 40% of Its DevOps Staff — What They’re Using Instead Will Shock You Related Companies Hide company name 0 credits left
Come to meta only if you’re tough lol
There's productive toughness: you ship a ton of good code, or train useful models. Yes it can be a lot of experimentation, hacking, and iteration. Yes it takes time, but you have a supportive team which shares knowledge, documents key decisions and code pieces, commits code rather than just keeping everything in notebooks scattered around, and you don't waste time on the commute.
No tariff for Software built outside of USA
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