My notifications and messages on twitter have not gone away for 2 weeks and I can not block anyone, nothing sticks.
but then I wouldn’t have a job anymore
Surely you're aware of how common remote work is in our industry, right? I did this while remote at one company and had no problem finding a new job since then. New job is even based out of the Bay Area so I got a huge pay bump even though I live in the middle of nowhere (super lcol)
There's plenty of reason not to do this too, but if you actually want to or had been thinking about it I can assure you from experience that finding/keeping remote software jobs is not an issue
I know companies have been pushing for it, but I also know that if you only apply for remote jobs and jobs that you don't physically live near, you will only get remote offers. (similarly if you don't apply for blockchain shit you won't get offers from blockchain companies lol)
And I also know that there are still loads of remote jobs — i only sent out one round of applications during my last job search, and still talked to a dozen companies hiring fully remote before taking one of their offers
Like if you live in the Bay Area and apply for Bay Area jobs of course they're going to try to make you come in even if it's listed as fully remote. They're not making me commute from the Midwest
I love how every comment here is trying to be supportive to OP and she keeps insisting she should be guilliotined. Real interesting dynamics here.
@SalviaHoles I totally get it. Chose a different way out, but that used to be my opinion for a while there
this is where i want my rich techbros to be at ideally though
what's your personal recommendation for getting started in the field to a dropout Linux enthusiast?
What should I lie about specifically in order to get interviews? The big thing is I don’t have any professional experience, should I just say I do?
I’ve got a CS degree from a prestigious university and also, more recently did one of these bootcamps and have a pretty good understanding of these technologies but I don’t get replies to job applications
Ok yeah I’ll DM you a little later, I’ll just copy paste my resume without my name
What radicalized you? Also what are the general political inclinations of your colleagues?
Colleagues believe Democrats are left wing and progressive.
There are some that straight up knows about the Nazis in Ukraine and support them anyways because it benefits us.
Classic.
Thanks for the response, it's always interesting for me to read about how others got radicalized, especially for people who are in a relatively privileged position.
Your colleagues' political opinions sound like what I imagined, lol. Anyways, good luck with your retirement plan.
I mean you’re building a real tool that provides some utility to people, I wouldn’t say you’re a class traitor exactly. Programming is an interesting one since the skill is so in demand it’s one of the few trades that are well compensated. Ideally all workers would get paid like programmers but I don’t think being one makes you a class traitor. Promoting to manager…. Quite possibly, but we will need software managers in our society, whatever the economic state.
ML recommendation engine
Is this just a bot that spits out excerpts of "State and Revolution"?
Perverse incentives indeed, but on some level they companies are also providing infrastructure for the internet as we know it, and a socialist society going forward needs internet infrastructure too. I’ve thought about this a lot, I’m a SWE myself at a smaller tech company.
Yes, I know I’m a class traitor pos for doing this [...] retire in some cheap house somewhere with my partner and try to live as cheaply as possible while spending all of my time doing drugs, walking around in nature, and meditating
:side-eye-1: :side-eye-2:
Here's my question.
retire in some cheap house somewhere with my partner and try to live as cheaply as possible while spending all of my time doing drugs, walking around in nature, and meditating
Is that the best you can do?
I am completely entrenched in the Silicon Valley culture. I live within an hour drive of Meta, Google, Apple, and LinkedIn HQ. All my friends are also coders at high profile companies.
This almost sounds like me except I don't work where you do and those aren't my friends anymore.
If you're a comrade, and I assume you are, I'll send as many vibes as I can for you to endure that nonstop bazinga barrage. :rat-salute-2:
The fact that you want to bail out in a few years (which limits the potential profits you'll be shoveling toward your masters and the damage you could do to society and the planet) and have comprehensible and relatable goals instead of techbro megalomania still gets my support. :rat-salute-2:
It’s never gonna happen but if somebody decides to chop my head off for what I’ve done, I’ll accept it without resistance
real proudhon hours who up
My plan is to just continue being a good little coder for just a few more years and then retire in some cheap house somewhere with my partner and try to live as cheaply as possible
me_irl except not just a few because my job won’t pay me more than a starting wage (and my raise last year was worse than inflation, so a real terms pay cut) and I was lucky to get this job anyway and haven’t been able to get another.
And I work (as a programmer as well) not at a tech giant but at an older and probably more evil institution.
Damn was it that obvious? Thankfully I’m still working from home and I can put in as little effort as possible. And at least I don’t work with systems that directly screw people over. I don’t even work with anything near the money.
What experiences make someone a good machine learning expert? What experiences should a regular software engineer do to make their way to this side of the field?
