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Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by thegrim000 on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @12:27AM (#46509053)
Interesting that this guy claims to be a "staff level SWE at a major company", yet one year ago he was on HN posting about how horrible of a time he was having getting a SWE job, how he's failed multiple interviews, including at FAANGs, was being rejected for even no-name small startups, had failed multiple interviews because of inability on algorithm questions ... and yet within the last year he was supposedly successfully hired on at a "major company" for a staff-level senior coding position.
Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by LarsDu88 on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @12:37AM (#46509092)
Maybe the company is Red Lobster?
Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by caminante on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @12:42AM (#46509117)
That would be a flex.
Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by ugh123 on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @12:45AM (#46509126)
Pay me in biscuits
Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by thw09j9m on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @01:08AM (#46509245)
Post your blind username. I'll message you morning time EST with receipts.
Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by viraptor on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @01:09AM (#46509251)
It's not necessarily inconsistent though. People get rejected for so many different reasons and the job market is tough recently. And there's a post about getting lucky with the offer.
Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by caminante on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @12:39AM (#46509101)
Don't forget he's also

>been considered top 10% of attractiveness in one country

Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by godelski on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @12:54AM (#46509171)
What I think is the strangest part of it is that they don't respond to a single comment. They've only done it twice in their entire comment history (3 pages). Once 2 years ago where they talk about banging women and the other being a few months earlier talking about HFT (which the comment previous to that says they work at a HFT firm)

But I think I found the answer...

  That's a mistake. A lot of people lie on their resumes.

  Source: I've lied on every resume I've ever sent out.

  - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33903978
Something tells me they aren't the most honest person. That something is thw09j9m...

Seriously... why lie about these types of things on an anonymous forum? There's literally nothing to gain

Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by snicky on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @02:42AM (#46509707)
Back in my days this was called "trolling".
Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by godelski on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @05:09AM (#46510595)
Trolling is more than lying. It requires having bait. And sometimes a boat.
Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by __loam on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @12:46AM (#46509135)
Damn you got his receipts
Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by PunchyHamster on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @01:55AM (#46509465)
seems like replacing him with AI would be blessing for his team
Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by tayo42 on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @12:43AM (#46509118)
Funny call out. I always see people brag about working at a fortune 500 company, also meaningless with companies like Lululemon on their lol