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Ah yes, the senior developer paradox - can build enterprise-scale distributed systems that handle millions of users, but their personal website? A Firefox security warning because the SSL cert expired three years ago. The computer clock is apparently set to 2025, which is probably when they'll "get around to fixing it this weekend." The same weekend they'll finally finish that side project they started in 2018. At this point, the broken website is basically a badge of honor. "Too busy writing actual code to maintain my own site" is the developer equivalent of a chef who only eats takeout at home.

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Content Actual programmers on this sub Me in 9th grade comp sci having no idea what you guys are talking about

Content Bryan Follow bryancsk You think they're going to replace software engineers with Al? Hahaha. Engineering managers are promoted based on how much headcount they are managing. You think they'd cut their own numbers?

Content Sebastin Ramirez tiangolo I saw a job post the other day. It required 4 years of experience in FastAPI. I couldn't apply as I only have 1.5 years of experience since I created that thing. S Maybe it's time to re-evaluate that "years of experience skill level".

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