Software Engineering

I've noticed the newer devs on my team don't really look at stack traces or logs anymore. If something breaks, they just copy-paste the error into an AI and tweak the prompt until it works. I don't kn...

Management told us we have to document everything in Notion to train an internal AI. Our top senior dev basically said "nope," left the Zoom call, and quit on the spot. Has anyone else had people walk...

Over the last year I've noticed that managers no longer consider the opinion of their software engineers. For example, yesterday I was in a meeting with contractors who've worked on an application tha...

I accepted an offer from another company because I see limited career growth at my current employer and feel underpaid relative to my responsibilities and development. After resigning, management trie...

I was lucky to work on Upwork, got great projects, and earned good money. I really enjoyed the experience and believed I found a good place for my skills. Then suddenly, my account was blocked, and I...

I’m curious how many people are doing their software development on a PC. Out whole team is on a MAC and I had a contractor start with a PC. I ended up advocating for the MAC because of all the funky ...

One of my friend got interview invite for citadel securities, she found in coderpad copilot is enabled. Has anyone given their interview? Is coderpad allowed to use in interview ? Disclaimer: I’m f...

My company recently bumped our in-office requirement to 3 days a week. The problem is, they don't actually have the real estate for it. If you don't show up early enough, you're stuck working from a c...

What’s one developer tool that saved you hours every month? Every dev has that one tool they recommend to everyone. What’s yours? It could be related to documentation, debugging, deployment, or produc...

It's been ages since I interviewed. I started relying heavily on AI tools for my daily dev work over the past couple of years, so my whiteboard coding skills are pretty much gone. I’d definitely bomb ...

Are prediction markets reliable for forecasting tech layoffs? I've noticed a lot of people checking platforms like Polymarket to see the likelihood of major cuts continuing through the end of the year...

I've noticed that I rarely come across women Principal Engineers or senior individual contributors (ICs) with 15 to 20+ years of experience. Do many women developers tend to move into engineering man...

What's the best advice or feedback you've received from a manager, senior developer, or colleague that changed the way you think or work? I'd love to hear the advice and how it impacted you.

The internet is full of people talking about AI automating away software engineering. But if developers are on the way out, why are job boards still full of active listings? Why would companies waste ...

First time posting. Coming from a not so small island somewhere in Indian Ocean. Trying to break through international market with my roughly 3+ years of XP in software engineering but DAMN this is h...

Would work rather make $30k more working an in office job or take less pay but work remote? I’d pick the remote job everytime because of how much more efficient I can be with my workday.

Jobs on linkedin are getting 500+ applicants a day. Chances to even get noticed by the recruiter is like zero 😂 1600+ apps and no responses yet how many apps do you need to send out to get interviews...

Is it true that a lot of VC funded “exits” you hear about are actually massive failures where nobody actually made money? I know it happens that way more often than not.

Backend engineer (6+ yrs, C#/.NET, microservices, RabbitMQ/Redis/Docker) currently doing a Master's in Ireland. Job hunting for a while with not much traction. Open to backend/platform roles. Curious ...

Would you leave a permanent job for a higher-paying contract in this market? I've been offered a contract position that offers more money, but I'm not sure I should be leaving a secure full-time job r...