#coding

Yeah, let’s talk about the code you write
Is it running fast, or lagging through the night?
Don't guess the seconds, don't watch the clock
We use math to put the runtime on lock
Drop the beat, let's analyze

When your data starts to grow, how does your program scale?
Asymptotic runtime tells the ultimate tale
We look at the horizon where the inputs get massive,
forget the small numbers, we can't be passive
Ignore the constants, drop the lower order terms,
we focus on the shape as the algorithm squirms
It’s the trend line mapping out the ultimate peak,
the limiting behavior is the secret that we seek

That's big o, big omega, big theta in the mix,
measuring the steps and the algorithmic tricks
As n goes to infinity, the truth comes out,
asymptotic runtime is what scaling is about

First up is the king, call it constant time,
o(1) efficiency, the cleanest in the rhyme.
An array lookup by index, it never has to wait,
no matter if the input size is 10 or 88

Then comes linear time, o(n) is the name,
looping through a list, every element the same
If the data doubles up, the work will double too,
like searching for a needle til the whole scan is through

Now log it down, o log n on the track,
binary search cutting all the data in the back
Divide and conquer, splitting choices right in half,
super fast scaling makes the engineer laugh
But watch out for quadratic, o n squared is a trap,
nested loops spinning till your cpu snaps
Bubble sort lagging when the database gets wide,
with a million inputs, there's nowhere to hide

So check your efficiency before you deploy,
don't let a slow runtime ki-l your coding joy
Analyze the growth rate, see how it behaves,
that’s how a senior dev saves the day and saves the waves

Asymptotic vision

Infinity and beyond

Peace

The Argument conducted a national poll on AI replacing human workers. A plurality of Americans supported a federal ban on AI in software engineering. This was the only profession to receive plurality support for such a ban. The "learn to code" movement previously offered a path to social mobility. Few people currently use AI for coding or application development.

https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/americans-want-artisanal-code

You can bring in a person off the street and have them run a prompt to generate code.

Elon Musk: Coding Was a Top Job for Decades. It Will Be Dead By the End of the Year.

Are you guys allowed to use Cursor + latest LLM models to code?

Tech companies have loaded up on H1Bs to keep employees enslaved and threaten US citizens with constant layoffs.

Now Open AI and Anthropic will ensure these companies do not exist in future along with all the H1Bs.

H1Bs are running over each other to prove no one needs to be employed anymore as codex can do all the work.

Coding is no longer a speciality skill for which H1B visa need to be granted.

Revoke all H1B and Green card petitions immediately.

At first I thought the posts here about BTC were exaggerated or just people being salty. But after working with a few of their devs, I get it now. And I’ve been hearing the same thing from multiple other teams.

A lot of them just don’t seem to know how to code. Things that should take a week end up taking months. Constant blockers, missed messages, excuses, and everything needs tons of guidance. But they’re good at talking in meetings and making it sound like progress is happening...

I noticed they started using chatgpt. It would be great if that actually sped things up, but they don’t really understand the code they generated. It just helps them pretend they are working. It's really a scam.

crazy thing to me is that managers don’t want to acknowledge it. Is it even worth bringing it up?

Why are offshore folks so bad at using Git? Branch management and conflict resolution are always so awful on-shore folks in our team always put out fires caused by offshore folks.(lots of rebasing and cherry picks)

Were all the CA Optum
Coders let go in the last round of layoffs?
The manager and director in CA as well?

I've recently noticed several people who were Auditors/Education are now back to working as regular medical coders. Seems like a demotion to me, what happened?

Indeed, Zip Recruiter, LinkedIn, Monster! Keep applying the reality will hit soon. No transferable skills. No keeping current. Just gliding along. Thinking it would last forever. Enjoy those checks while they come in. The merger may be in 2027, but they arent going to merge the whole wagon and then start evaluating cuts. Skyworks is not paying out severance packages. Clear that noise from any future considerations. And if you live in one of those places with no semiconductor companies around, well I guess there is always coding like Joe said! Karma for every poor soul that got su-kered into working for the failed merger of RFMD and Triquint and lost their positions due to poor business management!

I am skeptical about the value of architects in modern development, especially when they operate in an ivory tower. The role often results in a pile of Confluence pages and diagrams that no one reads, adds unnecessary bureaucracy, and ultimately slows us down. Many are outdated and worse than scrum masters.To be valuable, an architect must be able to contribute directly to the codebase. If they can't code, their relevance in a fast-paced delivery environment is questionable.
The architect role has become parasitic, consuming resources and time without delivering tangible value to the development process

Altho i hv no stats, i expect we produce more slides on a daily basis than we do lines of code that actually build us any sort of IP.

And what's depressing is that most of the slideware is just rehash, update, and repackaging of the same old cr-p.

I'm one of the thousands of slide jockey here, so the irony of this post isn't lost on me but hey, tomorrow is another new week in which I'll do the same old sh-t as I've for the past many years.

Lmao ESRO is so incompetent