I had trouble staying focused last week at work and am struggling to keep my head in the game. The scope of the project I was left with by the previous manager is truly insane. There are a lot of stories I have to write, and each time I think I have a handle on something, a conversation with our product girl or the engineer who has been here forever quickly shows me how much more shit we have to flush out. We're replacing an archaic IBM system and there are just an insane amount of moving pieces involved.
We can't seem to hire anyone either. Everyone we interview is pretty bad and I doubt this company pays enough to attract decent talent.
We should be hiring a new manager soon and I hope I do get promoted into the Principal Engineering position. I'll probably stick it out for a bit just to have that on my resume. But I miss the old job I got laid off from and I miss being on Linux at work.
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Working on Linux is a must for me. Me on Windows now would look like a 90‑year‑old granny 😄.
Talent will be declining the upcoming years for sure. Books were the best ways to learn, but I do not expect anyone still buying a book about a language or a framework. The expectation will be lowered too, as well. You can actually learn a lot from reading AI source code, but it can’t replace actually typing stuff yourself.