The Great Pyramid Of Overengineering

Microsoft force-feeding Copilot to unwilling developers is the tech equivalent of that weird college hazing ritual nobody asked for. "Here, drink this AI-generated code! It'll make you more productive!" Meanwhile, developers are just trying not to choke on suggestions that are half brilliant, half "let me rewrite your entire codebase using deprecated methods from 2011." The relationship status between devs and AI assistants? It's complicated.

Content Me fixing my code Me fixing my real life problems

Content Robert Sweeney 3rd CEO at Facet - Technical recruiting as a service Follow 2d 4 One day at Netflix my manager dropped into my office and said, "You're getting a raise today!" I had only been at Netflix for a few months so I wasn't expecting a raise any time soon. "Cool! But why?" I asked. His response is an example of why I loved working at Netflix. "We just hired a new Senior Software Engineer on our team and he negotiated a higher salary than what we're paying you. So we are increasing your salary to match." If you have to pay more to hire new employees that means the market has gone up and your current employees need a raise to match. Don't punish loyal employees for sticking with you by allowing their compensation to fall behind the market.

The eternal developer time estimation paradox strikes again. You start with that confident "I'll knock this out before lunch" energy, only to find yourself five hours later questioning your entire career choice and wondering if you should've just become a goat farmer instead. That "quick fix" turned into a rabbit hole of dependency hell, undocumented APIs, and Stack Overflow threads from 2013 that end with "nevermind, I figured it out" with zero explanation. Time estimation in software is basically astrology but with more caffeine and self-loathing.

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Content your boss putting a foot up your ass if you don't get things done The illusion... waterfall agile of free choice.