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Re:I miss thinking hard by raw_anon_1111 on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @12:01PM (#46888343)
What would I learn that I don’t already know? The exact syntax and property of Terraform and boto3 for every single one of the 150+ services that AWS offers? How to modify a React based front end written by another developer even though I haven’t and have actively stayed away from front end development for well over a decade?

Will a company pay me more for knowing those details? Will I be more affectively able to architect and design solutions that a company will pay my employer to contract me to do and my company pays me They pay me decently not because I “codez real gud”. They pay me because I can go from empty AWS account, empty repo and ambiguous customer requirements to a working solution (after spending time talking to a customer) to a full well thought out architecture + code on time on budget and meets requirements.

I am not bragging, I’m old those are table stakes to being able to stay in this game for 3 decades

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Re:I miss thinking hard by johnnyanmac on Saturday February 07, 2026 @05:54PM (#46929105)
> I am not bragging, I’m old those are table stakes to being able to stay in this game for 3 decades

I'm not old. But slightly past where most would call "young". I see a decent career for the first 5-6 years and then a disruption that completely cuts down on the things you likely had your entire career. Enough time to get a taste of the good times,not enough time to get stable. Meanwhile you buult networks, accomplishments, a seal of trust, in times with overall lower standards.

I don't even use AI but AI has shaped the way I need to navigate the job market and verify knowledge. If you have plenty of pre-AI colleagues and projects to point to you skip all this. But it's a hellscape for people like me.

And I'm sure its an absolute wasteland for new grads

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