IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

rhinohelix said:

Preface: I am not a Coder. At all. The most I ever did in that regard was write batch files as a Windows Server admin 2+ decades ago now, in the before time, but I just wrote my first app in the modern era with a UI using ChatGPT/Claude (My team's Tools guy swears by Base44 but I already have 4ish different AI subs, I wasn't adding another one this weekend).

That being said, reportedly there have been a number of changes to Claude in the last 6-8? months that can affect token usage, so if you are relying on pre-existing Claude specific knowledge of how to limit token usage/expense; it may be worth brushing up on the latest tips/advice(latest being from earlier this summer, amazing how quickly this field is moving/changing/advancing) in that regard.

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You're going to want to explore using tools like this Introduction - RTK (Rust Token Killer)

TJT said:

I have always known there is a lot of title inflation going on. I have never hunted for titles. But from what I gather right now the trend is work some place for 3-4 years then demand a senior engineer title despite not having the experience for the role. Then apply to other senior positions. Probably getting a title upgrade in lieu of getting a large raise.

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The title chasing is becoming a much bigger issue than it was 10 to 20 years ago in engineering. Titles get thrown around so much they are almost meaningless. It always happens in start-ups where they can't pay enough, so everyone gets a VP title and they try to milk that for all they can.

Bro, you were a "VP" of a department with 2 people and one of them was a part time contractor.

There has been an influx of grifters that can't hack it as an engineer weaseling their way into manager/lead roles and expecting to get paid the same as a good engineer. The corporate ladder climbing know-nothing fuckers are the worst. They bring nothing to the table other than being a good bullshitter and knowing their corporate speak.

In my world a good engineer will always make more than some dope managing tasks in Azure.