My kids are about to enter HS and have an interest in software engineering like their old man. I tell them to couple software engineering with something else, one of my kids wants to go into biology and the other astronomy. I tell them learn software dev in addition to another valuable skill because then you can apply your programming skills and differentiate yourself from the competition. I feel like only knowing development is worth less and less every year. Learning development coupled with a specialty where you can apply your development skills is where it's at IMO.

As for AI, it's definitely another tool to have in your toolset but it's not a complete replacement for software engineering knowledge and skills. I use genAI regularly to produce code but it's like having a very eager, confident, but sometimes wrong jr dev working with you. You still need to check their work and hand fit where required.

I was in Europe for a month a couple years ago (including Paris for a week) I didnâ(TM)t see a single suv. I saw literally one pickup out near Normandy. Are they defining an suv as a 4 door hatchback? That was the biggest car I saw in Paris.

if temps are rising then every year should be a new record

does it matter? if it works and works well enough then it works. Do you really need to understand it? I don't fully understand how my car works but i can drive it just fine.

there is zero downward pressure on the price of college. There's no risk to lenders, they can lend as much as the want and the return is guaranteed by the federal government. That means colleges can charge any amount and customers will always pay.

end the federal guarantee so the market dictates the risk lenders are willing to take on and price their loans accordingly. Then education prices have no option but to come down because otherwise, colleges will have priced themselves out of the market.

and the best part? It doesn't even matter. In 5 years these people are going to be up to their eyeballs in cc debt, getting money for free doesn't make you any more competent. No more student loan debt just means more space on the credit card... for now.

hah financial competence never goes unpunished. If you know how to manage your money then you're either a scumbag worthy of only the guillotine or someone's ATM card.

I live in Dallas, if I could get to Houston in an hour for $25 Iâ(TM)d ride it. That would be pretty neat actually.

The pandemic was basically two years PTO for most people. sheesh, you'd think companies would be canceling PTO

> However the execs get impressed by a marketing team

marketing teams get in front of execs because IT isn't delivering, that's the root of the issue.

what happens is the people that need something done don't get any support from IT so they reach out externally. Then a firm like Accenture is engaged to meet the need and integrate with the overall IT infrastructure. IT departments hate this because it shows how clueless and incompetent they are and it breeds a resentful relationship with the outside firm. However, the "business", or people who actually need to get stuff done and not just sit around sucking snot, loves the outside firm because at least there's progress. I've worked in large consultancies and if corporate IT departments were halfway competent consultancy firms would be out of business over night.

Texas is a horrible horrible place, please don't move here. Seriously though, all the people leaving the coasts for Texas just bring their problematic politics with them. To the coastal refugees pouring into Texas, the place you're leaving isn't the cause of your problems, it's you.

âoeDespite all my rage, Iâ(TM)m still just bits in a cage.â

"Because all their shit that blows up without people somehow doesn't count? I mean, they've lost 100% of their starships if we want to misrepresent numbers to make a point."

Starship isn't even close to being in production, it's still under heavy development.

Americans are vaxed+boosted or have already had it. Plus, latest variants may be more contagious but are less severe. Let them come.