Challenge Is Gone(blog.alxgsv.com)
46 points by alxgsv | 84 comments
Personal blog essay by Uploadcare CTO Alex Gusev reflecting that AI coding agents have removed the engineering challenge that once motivated him.
#career-reflection on Hacker News
5 stories tagged career-reflection, newest first.
I wasted years of my life in crypto(twitter.com)
593 points by Anon84 | 822 comments
An X (Twitter) article by Ken Chang reflecting on having spent years of his life working in the crypto industry.
A layoff fundamentally changed how I perceive work(mertbulan.com)
901 points by mertbio | 827 comments
Personal blog post by Mert Bulan reflecting, a year later, on how being laid off changed his relationship with work.
I skipped to the ending(danangell.com)
520 points by BHSPitMonkey | 322 comments
A personal blog essay by Dan Angell reflecting on starting to make websites as a child in 2003 and how his path into a software career turned out.
My 20 year career is technical debt or deprecated(blog.visionarycto.com)
439 points by spo81rty | 442 comments
A Substack essay from The Visionary CTO reflecting on how all the code from the author's 20-year career has become technical debt or been deprecated.