I’m stuck in web work and not sure what to do next. I don’t feel real excitement about joining another company and proving myself from scratch again. Part of the problem is that my current role has become stressful enough that it spills into my weekends and I keep thinking about work even when I’m off. If the job felt calmer, I’d probably just stay, read books in the evening and not overthink...
I'm curious if "messaging systems specialist" is an actual profile people hire for or if it's usually just part of a broader role like backend, devops or platform engineer.Has anyone here worked in roles focused mostly on Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pulsar, NATS or similar systems? I find the whole topic fascinating, but wondering if it is a viable niche to specialize in or is it better to keep it general...
Curious how some event-driven technologies like Kafka (or alternatives) fit into the backend and/or infrastructure of large LLM providers.Some of the questions I have in mind are more:1. How do large LLM providers handle the flow of training data, evaluation results and human feedback? Are these managed through event streams (like Kafka) for real-time processing or do they rely more on batch...
I'm a software engineer with a solid full-stack background and web development. With all the noise around LLMs and AI, I’m undecided between two paths:1. Invest time in learning the internals of AI/LLMs, maybe even switching fields and working on them2. Continue focusing on what I’m good at, like building polished web apps and treat AI as just another tool in my toolboxI’m mostly trying to cut...