mattfrommars

Hi HM, I'm doing a bit of retrospective on what I am doing and where I want to be. I'm 35 and got my real tech job almost seven years ago. I really want to get myself up to speed and involved in AI/ML development. I…

Hi HN, As I look back at my career, vs what I want to do vs what I see in the news, I feel there is a massive disconnection. I don't see a clear way for me to jump into work that aligns with my interests. Perhaps it's a…

I'm assuming most firms have access to LLM, is it true? If so, is anyone really writing code from scratch lately or relying on the tool to write code for them? At work, I have access to Github Copilot but it has a lot…

What can I legitimately do when my day job operates within legacy technologies and I have no interest getting another job within this space - think legacy .Net framework desktop application and monolithic Java…

+++++ GEMINI CONCISE VERSION ++++++++ Hi HN, I'm a developer with six years of experience (backend/frontend/infra), primarily doing vanilla CRUD work in an enterprise setting. I'm struggling to pivot into a more…

Lately, I've been thinking that a great way to upskill would to find an OSS project that I find interesting and jump in. However, I am not sure what to feel to contribute to project that already have commercial backing.…

I saw the name of this company in my feed and took it as a complete random example. Nothing particular about why this one. But I picked to highlight a trend I've been seeing lately. >…

Folks in my company with over 15 years who have immense knowledge and business down knowledge got kicked out. I can't fathom to see this to happen in the medical field or legal field where experience matters a lot. I…