Re:Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career
by suzzer99 on Monday May 11, 2026 @09:45PM
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100%. Googling when you don't even know enough to ask the right questions, with 50 tabs open and trying to read down to the 3rd or 4th Stack Overflow answer (which is usually the best for some inexplicable reason), was my least favorite part of development.
I don't miss wasting an hour on a problem in a technology I'm not familiar with, where it's not like a big conceptual thing but something I could clear up in 5 seconds if I just had an expert in the room.
I don't miss wasting an hour on a problem in a technology I'm not familiar with, where it's not like a big conceptual thing but something I could clear up in 5 seconds if I just had an expert in the room.