u/Gingrhead

Every time I look for advice, it’s mostly veteran devs with 10-20+ YOE saying that AI writes crappy code and they can fix it. It's scary how confident they seem. But somehow, you're a recent grad or student good at your job, how did you get here? Share some tips.

Initially, it felt like having a tutor 24/7. In the blink of an eye, things have changed so much.

As an aspirant in the current tech market, feels like knowingly stepping into constant fatigue and burnout.

Somewhere I believe things can improve, but it’s weird thinking that I won’t be the one writing workable code, but I’ll just be accepting the changes AI makes to the codebase..

I see memes about people not knowing what to do when AI hits its limit and even tho it's just internet exaggeration, sometimes I'm like what if it's true. Like yeah as a student it's real and it's happening but in the job market too?

And if you’re a senior engineer reading this, please feel free to share anything you'd like.

hi all sending you warm love and gratitude. what is the point of sending warm love and gratitude through a screen? i feel the same. but sending it anyways.

when i think about the vastness of universe this fucking huge piece of art and my own little place in it, things in it start to feel weirder and weirder. all of this existing in such a dumb little planet called earth where humanity and whatever the fuck everything is have somehow come this far. i dont care how far we've come and neither do i care how far will this go.

knowing other people experience the same shit does not help. them saying do it for your loved ones does not help. it just feels more and more like i do not want to be part of this game being played here. i do not want to chase those feelings anymore. i do not want to go places. i do not want to climb everest. this feels exhausting and everyone else is just existing and moving through it all somehow. i fucking envy these people's mindset.

and i blame myself for thinking too much. it has drained me completely and left me without even an ounce of desire for anything at all. i have been a child who thought too much for as long as i can remember. and i also find unaliving oneself absurd and wish there was a peaceful way to do so and not let anyone be affected by whatever the fuck i did. and i also dont want to leave that bad enerygy afterwards. but i also miss that mind of mine who saw magic in just being here. so kind so generous so ambitious so grateful.

as an adult in my early 20s i dont even wanna say sorry to that child for not living the life i imagined back then. and not even sorry for thinking realising feeling too much at this early stage of my life.

there are days where i think fuck it. fuck all of it. if i am here then let me experience things. i will move through this thing called life knowing none of this has meaning and all of this is pointless. but still i was here living through it all. but man having this mindset and still at the same time not wanting to live is so exhausting and draining.

Please suggest good backend engineering books.

People who started college during the generative AI / LLM boom and actually became good engineers, where are you guys? I want to hear from people like you.