TheMongoose

I'm with you on this one. I can think and walk if that's all I'm doing, but I can't even stand while I'm trying to code.

Yes. Next question.

Edit: I swear that title said over hyped the first time I read it, but it may just be the constant AI glazing making me lose my mind.

They aren't hated enough.

I can't wait to instead continue spending my money on a 10 person indie studio's game that's NOT full of AI slop and is actually fun.

We always think there's some magic new thing that's gonna fix our problems. But when we get that thing we discover that we're still kinda just the same disorganized mess we always have been.

It's harder to accidentally click the web browser and waste time on HN from a pad of paper.

It's a physical object that you don't have to remember to click on. But it's also not an app that's sending you annoying alerts at random times. It's just there, reminding you it exists and have things to do.

Unicorn hunting is probably some of it. I followed up on one that sent me a rejection letter after two interviews and just said "I see your job has been re-posted" Never heard back. =)

Charge a lot more to come in and re-write the spaghetti mess that the vibe coder left the business with into a product that actually works.

You don't need to. "I like {language}" is enough. Arguing over the best language is a massive waste of time and energy.

Desperate to outsource their thinking, too lazy to punch a few keys and jostle a few brain cells into contacting one another.

I wouldn't VC anything personally, that'd be just trading one leash for another.

I'm curious what the point you're trying to make is. It's not like ex-FAANG folks are the only ones reporting an endless stream of soul crushing rejection letters.

How anyone reasonably expects me to not tie self worth to a task that I enjoy doing, and perform a minimum of 8 hours a day 5 days a week is a mystery to me. The same goes for the folks that think the environment that I spend that time in should somehow not have an effect on my well-being.

The best I can do is understand how deeply broken the hiring process has been for a while now, and that we have still found a way to make it worse in the past few years.

It also probably helps that while my personal endeavors have so far generated $0 and I'll need to address the cash flow situation in some way soon, they have generated more genuine satisfaction than my last job. Which is surprising because I generally liked the work in my last role.

Anecdotally even folks with great resumes listing recent FAANG experience are having a hard time landing roles currently. They've also coined the silly term "The Great Hesitation" for the market currently where everyone is "waiting to see" instead of hiring.

Mostly I channel my depression and anxiety into spite which I then use to fuel other endeavors.

If working for the stupidest, most short sighted, group of humans that we have yet developed through decades of corporate nonsense is no longer the way to have steady employment then it's time to find something else.