The core of the problem is a profit incentive and an economy based on greed. Our society is designed to extract value, not to offer the best products/services to the general population.
You don't need to be a good algorithm engineer to secure a high-paying job though. In fact high-paying jobs regularly turn away strong algorithm engineers because they can't pass leetcode challenges. The advice is sound…
People are really going to dislike what you're saying
2 years ago your AI tools didn't exist, and you're trying to make predictions 5 years out. I wish I could be as bliss about the whole situation as you are!
I think both you and said poster have misunderstood what "skin in the game" actually means.
> should we stop treating the idea that humans must possess some capability AI can never replace as the starting point for discussions about humanity's future? > I'm inclined to think we should. Mate, I think we're not…
Offshore team absolutely has skin in the game, for the exact same reasons OP said -- they want to keep their roof over their head. AI will never have this. AI is a product, and it has no motivations or…
What do we need you for then?
> I suspect that this is actually driving the software engineer hiring slow-down Are we in a slow-down anymore? Anecdotally I feel things were rough Dec '25 - June '26, but ever since August I've had more interview…
> the most common type of work in human history Surprised to see someone casually admit that the most common type of human labor is slave labor.
Weird to put banking and trading on the same complexity level as medicine or ML.
> Capital and connections are open Disagree
It's not silly, especially when the data shows productivity gains for remote employees. It's silly to assume people are better at coordinating work in office. It is about control, even if it's just about controlling how…
Sociopathic billionaires like Musk, Thiel, Ellison, Zuckerberg, and their cohort.
Must just spent over $500M influencing midterms in the US. They don't want us to have any power left a few years from now, and they're winning.
> forcing employees back to the office so they can be less isolated. They're forcing employees back to office so they can have more control. > The companies were always trying to get coworkers together Sure, get…
Seems like you misunderstood my comment.
Sounds like you definitely don't belong in the US with that attitude!
> and without the extractive institutions we’d spend our time scrabbling in the dirt The extractive institutions are pleased that you believe this.
You say all that then still land on the same problematic viewpoint: > a doctor's successful intervention and the divine cause that enables it For religious people there is always the single factor, and it's always a bit…
The part you're not stating is that "what it takes" is (1) a safety net which allows you to take chances without risk, (2) access to capital to get your idea off the ground, and (3) connections to get your foot in the…
Brilliant comment. Companies (that are run by executives) hire employees, not entrepreneurs because they want servants, not competition. The landed elite will continue to defend the only moat they have -- capital and…
> I have interviewed dozens of engineering candidates. I have too. Stating this doesn't give you the credibility you probably think it does. Interviewing/hiring in general is a pretty broken process, and extremely…
> Just make you a more pleasant serf. It literally doesn't matter what you call Elon Musk. Actions speak louder than words. > No amount matter how much power you pretend people have with their vote you're still ignoring…
As long as people like you keep recognizing them as "winners," they will continue to have power over you. If we all decided to view them as criminals instead of winners, this problem would resolve itself in a matter of…
The core of the problem is a profit incentive and an economy based on greed. Our society is designed to extract value, not to offer the best products/services to the general population.
You don't need to be a good algorithm engineer to secure a high-paying job though. In fact high-paying jobs regularly turn away strong algorithm engineers because they can't pass leetcode challenges. The advice is sound…
People are really going to dislike what you're saying
2 years ago your AI tools didn't exist, and you're trying to make predictions 5 years out. I wish I could be as bliss about the whole situation as you are!
I think both you and said poster have misunderstood what "skin in the game" actually means.
> should we stop treating the idea that humans must possess some capability AI can never replace as the starting point for discussions about humanity's future? > I'm inclined to think we should. Mate, I think we're not…
Offshore team absolutely has skin in the game, for the exact same reasons OP said -- they want to keep their roof over their head. AI will never have this. AI is a product, and it has no motivations or…
What do we need you for then?
> I suspect that this is actually driving the software engineer hiring slow-down Are we in a slow-down anymore? Anecdotally I feel things were rough Dec '25 - June '26, but ever since August I've had more interview…
> the most common type of work in human history Surprised to see someone casually admit that the most common type of human labor is slave labor.
Weird to put banking and trading on the same complexity level as medicine or ML.
> Capital and connections are open Disagree
It's not silly, especially when the data shows productivity gains for remote employees. It's silly to assume people are better at coordinating work in office. It is about control, even if it's just about controlling how…
Sociopathic billionaires like Musk, Thiel, Ellison, Zuckerberg, and their cohort.
Must just spent over $500M influencing midterms in the US. They don't want us to have any power left a few years from now, and they're winning.
> forcing employees back to the office so they can be less isolated. They're forcing employees back to office so they can have more control. > The companies were always trying to get coworkers together Sure, get…
Seems like you misunderstood my comment.
Sounds like you definitely don't belong in the US with that attitude!
> and without the extractive institutions we’d spend our time scrabbling in the dirt The extractive institutions are pleased that you believe this.
You say all that then still land on the same problematic viewpoint: > a doctor's successful intervention and the divine cause that enables it For religious people there is always the single factor, and it's always a bit…
The part you're not stating is that "what it takes" is (1) a safety net which allows you to take chances without risk, (2) access to capital to get your idea off the ground, and (3) connections to get your foot in the…
Brilliant comment. Companies (that are run by executives) hire employees, not entrepreneurs because they want servants, not competition. The landed elite will continue to defend the only moat they have -- capital and…
> I have interviewed dozens of engineering candidates. I have too. Stating this doesn't give you the credibility you probably think it does. Interviewing/hiring in general is a pretty broken process, and extremely…
> Just make you a more pleasant serf. It literally doesn't matter what you call Elon Musk. Actions speak louder than words. > No amount matter how much power you pretend people have with their vote you're still ignoring…
As long as people like you keep recognizing them as "winners," they will continue to have power over you. If we all decided to view them as criminals instead of winners, this problem would resolve itself in a matter of…