General

just turned 30. havent touched grass in 5 years
the best career advice i ever got: optimize for learning rate not TC
got caught interviewing by my manager. its awkward now
my team hired an engineer who literally cannot code
age discrimination in tech is real and starts at 35
just realized my manager has been taking credit for my work for 2 years
just got a 500k TC offer and i feel nothing
salary transparency is ruining office friendships
the worst engineering managers are former ICs who never wanted to manage
the dating scene in SF is absolutely cooked
confession: i use chatgpt for 80% of my job
im a staff engineer and i havent written real code in months
stop telling juniors to "just ask questions" if youre going to be annoyed when they do
leetcode 2000+ problems later and i still cant solve hards consistently
recruiter ghosted me after 5 rounds of interviews
startup equity is the biggest scam in tech
the 10x engineer myth needs to die
hot take: most system design interviews are cargo cult engineering
my wife makes more than me and its fucking with my head
addicted to blind/forums and it's destroying my self esteem