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Did a few interviews during the summer and received 2 offers. No AI involved, except screening the CV.

But one thing is very common. It's that the cultural fit interviews are longer and carry more value than ever (possibly more than technical interview). Out of 5 stages, 2 or 3 are meeting non tech people, coming to the office, having an informal chat, etc. Companies really want to know you as a person and are very careful who they pick. It's the same for remote, hybrid or office based work.

I get the author's point, but it's a bit "light". I enjoyed this article which truly helped me to see other perspective: "The Case Against Travel" which cites great philosophers and writers https://archive.is/OCBJf

Perhaps. My worry is that magazines will be full of AI generated content.

I enjoy reading some very niche magazines and, at the moment, I cannot tell if it's AI generated or not. So, as long as the reader is entertained, magazines will do just fine.

Either that, or we will develop some sort of proof that the content is human generated, not AI.

So you went back into software development after 5 years? Maybe you had a burnout and just needed to rest

Location: London, UK

Remote: Don't mind remote or hybrid

Willing to relocate: NO

Technologies: C#, .net core, Azure, DevOps, React, Angular, Rest API, SQL, Service Bus/RabbitMQ, Git

Résumé/CV: 14+ years of experience as full stack developer, 5 years lead. Technical founder for 2 micro SaaS products. CV available on request.

Email: k5p5pdohi@mozmail.com

Here it is: https://imgur.com/gallery/we-are-all-born-with-hole-chest-An...

Here’s the answer for you. Tldr; 15% performance increase, in some cases up to 40% increase, in the others 5% decrease. It all depends.

Source: https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/generative-ai/exp...

k5p5pdohi@mozmail.com

Yes please!

UI looks great, and it's something I would be interested to try. Why PayPal though?

Strong disagree. I forgot to renew a domain a while ago and contacted their customer support. They asked $150 for a domain renewal. Registered domain somewhere else for $10. Moved away from Hover since then.

His performance in US version of “Whose line is it anyway” is the funniest I’ve seen on that show.

https://youtu.be/b-r4Flc_d2M?si=tUJEl-i1eSa00t4_

Subscribed to Literary review print magazine for 2 reasons. Firstly, it’s like TIL but in print version. Secondly, it’s a relief to read something interesting unrelated to IT on a range of subjects. Every now and again I find a book recommendation that I buy. I found this magazine by accident in the airport bookstore when flying out of UK, so if you are at the airport in uk give it a go (it’s almost impossible to find a print version in bookstores).

You can make it as useless and as powerful as you want. I have worked on many projects and developers loved it (no joke). But it was down to having it properly setup and using just the bare minimum that enabled to do work. What often happens, is that JIRA "experts" (usually incompetent PMs or Scrum masters) let JIRA dictate your workflow. That's where discontent arises. (No affiliation to Atlassian).

First Polymer, now Lit. Lightweight library, makes building reusable web components a breeze.

Applied one month ago and completed easy tech exercise. Haven't heard anything since. Just for the candidates to beware.

Si senior. Same experience with quest 2. It has to be perfectly executed. In the Apple demo the guy was hitting virtual keyboard? If vr misses two keys, I am done with it and back to gaming only.

well apple could use vr + ar to enhance your experience, provided that your partner agrees to that, and that could potentially be a winner's recipe. But you know what's the limitation? You won't see p*rn on apple store, or vision os whatever it will be called.

maintain.... competition will catch up and/or will do it better for a lower cost. It took years for other companies to get close to iphone performance. But now Apple is entering an established market already where fb is throwing big bucks.

It won't. Sadly. Can't justify spending 3K on... family calls, tiresome multiscreen development environment, finally - games? Won't happen unfortunately.

Off-topic but thank you for mentioning WSET. It's the first time I've heard about it. In UK, there's something basic offered by bbc: https://www.bbcmaestro.com/courses/jancis-robinson/an-unders...

As a dev, think of marketing as a premature optimisation. In addition, if you learn the theory but have nothing to apply it to, all the knowledge will just erode.

I built 3 side projects without marketing knowledge. 2 of them have less than 5 clients. But those clients give me a lot of feedback. I am at the stage where I will have to either learn sales/marketing or outsource it in order to grow the projects.

So go for the second option - build something.

(no data to back it up, just personal, limited experience)

This... is not for kids. Sorry, but it's very boring. Heck, let's pick up adult beginners. What is var? Why animal equals something? Why is there a dot after chat? These are concepts which need explaining, they make no sense for beginners or especially kids.

Block coding with graphical elements works because it's: a) fun, and b) visually introduces abstract concepts for non-programmers. I taught programming to 1st year CS students and wrote my dissertation on this subject. The number of elements to make programming studies engaging and memorable was overwhelming!

"..closer to Javascript or Python" is very boring and unnecessary. That's why kids play with plastic tools and models before they are mature enough to use a hammer and drive a car.

I don't mean to put you off, but please try to find another market segment for this project. It's dead end where you are heading at the moment.

Did you use your technical skills as leverage for your career in law? I heard that it's very common for ex-developers to work on IP, patents, etc.

There's one hydrofoil ship recently restored and currently in operation in Lithuania between Kaunas (mainland) and Nida (curonian split). Journey time is approximately the same as driving by car. It's definitely an experience in itself, but it's not a replacement for other transport modes (50 eur for a one-way ticket). As someone said, inside gives you a feeling of an old airplane https://www.laivasraketa.lt/en/3d-tour/

I second this. My friend picked it up in his late 40s and is competing at the regional level.

Ken Block, famous rally driver, started his rally career in his late 30s. Yes, he had money, connections and access to the best teams. But you could easily buy a second hand car for a few grand, tune it gradually, do courses and practice, practice, practice. You should carefully choose your speciality: rally, race tracks, drifting or just regional events (where entry can be as low as 100 eur). So your only disadvantage are the expenses. But they aren't as bad as you think they were.

That's very US centric comment. I would need to think deep to picture Washington.

I tell you what - it's the face of the most advertised person. Currency is not used for advertising.

So out of three, it's easiest to recollect Lincoln with stove top with US flag and pointing finger. Her majesty comes second because all the memes of her longevity.

The most recognisable? Certain Hollywood actors. Period.

I have amended my comment to highlight that I've been mostly contracting.

I firmly believe you are looking at the short side of the stick. Ask yourself, what can you do for people to stay for 3-5 years? You don't need special stack or culture, just listen to individual's needs (plenty of books written on this subject).

Some places I worked at, the time just flew. I honestly wanted to stay there longer because the whole assignment was like a Swiss watch.

1-2 years is a red flag, but it's mostly a red flag of a bad company, not the employee. I base this on my experience and interviewing devs.

Why so much negativity? Are you aware that there's this whole side called "contracting"? Agile made it very dynamic - sometimes assignment is completed sooner that agreed because company's priorities change. Sometimes you stay longer because they need your help.

I've been to many gigs where burned out or incompetent permanent (!) employees made a complete mess almost running company to a ground. Incompetent leads, even CTOs desperate for a fix.

Yet, as a contractor you come and help the companies *

* there are incompetent or selfish contractors as well.