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I analyzed 3 weeks of my own messages to coding agents. 40% of what I typed was not real work. Is it the same for you?
I run several coding agents in parallel, mostly Claude Code and Kimi, sometimes Cursor and Copilot. I felt slow, so I exported every message I sent them over 3 weeks and had each one read and labeled by what it was for. I did not use keyword search. I tried that first and it gave wrong numbers. After removing automated traffic, 2,116 messages were really mine, about 96 a day.
You pay for Claude, Codex, and Cursor every month.
#ai #analytics #showdev #tooling The bill gives you one number. It never tells you that half of it went to conversation instead of code. CodeBurn does. Every token and dollar, by task, model, and project. 30 AI tools, one screen, all local. npx codeburn We're a place where coders share, stay up-to-date and grow their careers.
Feeling very sad! Failed interviews :(
Interviewed at CloudFlare. Passed all rounds but failed System Design. I was asked how to design a data warehouse on premises infrastructure. Interviewed at Spotify. Passed all rounds but failed System Design again. The interviewer kept me interrupting a lot of times leading me to lose my chain of thought. Made a simple error in API Design. Got rejected at the end. JP Morgan. This was super unexpected I got two Leetcode Hards. One is a text buffer, appending text, deleting text, easy stuff.
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Is This The End Game For Me? 400k Remote
Is This The End Game For Me? 400k Remote 400k LCOL city remote. Team and manager are all nice. Get work done and you will be fine. I think I have gotten to my end game and will chill until I retire. I have no desire nor does the company have the space to get me to the next level. All my colleagues are all resourceful and more tenured than me so no reason to grind and climb the ladder? Curious, is this the end game for me, should I chill and rest or grind and grow? 8YOE 400k
Fking even prediabetes can cause ED
Medical errorβthe third leading cause of death in the US AI is the direct cause of all recent tech layoffs π₯ I can't even afford an economy car. Is it even worth interviewing if you're currently employed?
Dumb to retire before 30? Hard to keep motivation. Golden handcuffs
Title. NYC. Wife and I are 26, $1.7M NW almost all SPY. $1050K TC 60% of which is my role. Stock appreciation is a big reason itโs so high, non appreciated is ~$700K combined. 6 YOE Finding it hard to stay motivated recently. Definitely burned out but golden handcuffs from stock appreciation. I take time off but the feeling always comes back. Always dreading Monday and looking forward to the weekends and evenings.
India got close to hitting Pakistan’s nukes
Intel cValley Yesterday @intel, it's 100% true. India just fired warning shots at the entrance of the Kirana Hills Nuclear facility so that Pak couldn't move their their nukes. There are 2 videos recorded by Pakistanis themselves living nearby, and there was a US plane that checked the radiation levels landed in Islamabad shortly after that. There were also 2 planes from Egypt carrying Boron landed their as well.
Scared to divorce
Millenials are the most chill, my cousin is a millenial too. He has a large friends circle, and there have been a few divorce cases with them too. The year immediately after divorce was tough but he had a lot of support from his friends and family, did a lot of travel, soul searching etc. I'm sure he'll start dating soon. The thing is, everyone has a large social circle - my parents' generation especially.
Current state of the market
All of you guys are so pessimistic. I had to make a post to offset some of the negativity. There is SO much opportunity for good devs right now. If you have even HALF a brain you should be money at least $7k a month on your side hustle. I am drowning in so much work that Iβm considering quitting my golden handcuffs AMEX job . TC: $240k soon to be 400k
Failed onsite interview again β¦ might just be a housewife at this pointπ
Failed onsite interview again β¦ might just be a housewife at this pointπ Finished final round with Snowflake and ZipRecruiter only to be told βwe have recently extended an offer to another candidate for this role.β Thereβs no end to these job applications and grinding Leetcode :/ TC:π₯
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