I’ve so far avoided using LLMs unless I need something explicitly explained. I don’t know enough to be able to verify any code it would produce, so I don’t know what the hell these vibe coders are doing.

But I’m also a little long in the tooth to be starting this, so maybe that’s part of my problem.

As someone who’s been trying to learn Python recently, this resonates with me. I am glad I will always fuck it up.

You’re not misreading. It was an attempt at commentary on the current state of the job market, specifically at fintechs. This is not the same job market from even just a couple years ago, at least iny experience of it. I realize two different people within the same subset of the market can have markedly different experiences . But for me, I can’t even get someone to talk to me beyond a couple of recruiter contacts which went nowhere once the hiring manager got involved.

I’m not looking for a better job necessarily, just a different one. I’m in a volatile industry which is beset by a reliance on utilization percentage to justify continued employment. There is a level of constant anxiety to every aspect of the job and it’s driving me slowly insane. Or maybe not slowly.

I feel for you, and I hope this works out for you in the end. I’m in the private sector, and have been actively searching and applying for a year, and I’ve spoken to two recruiters. I’m pretty well qualified for the roles I’ve been applying to, but it’s a fairly niche skill set so it’s been maybe 70-80 applications over the course of the past year.

I’ve never been happier to have been out of the government; I left a few years ago.

Speaking of which:

https://archive.is/5QFkF

Here’s the article without signing up or whatever I would have to do to read it.

This is what I’ve been trying to explain to my college age kids once they realized (in the past 12 months, mainly) their computer science degrees will not be worth what they think by the time they earn them. They understand that much at least, but are convinced cybersecurity will become the domain of AI as well. I have tried to explain AI is nowhere near sophisticated enough for this in it’s current iteration.

No where. Shockingly, the article has more details than the bot summary or even the headline.