Software Engineering

Is anyone else nervous about getting pushed out of tech as you age? I love software engineering and can’t imagine doing anything else, but I worry the industry won't love me back in ten or fifteen yea...

Is there anyone else who experiences age-based discrimination at work? I'm in my mid-20s, and have been working with seniors who think I'm still too junior to understand complex tasks. I definitely ha...

I'm excited about an offer I have from a small startup, but I’m a little nervous about the risk. Do you think working at one helps your career down the road, or is it better to stay somewhere more sta...

How are your daily standups run? Yeah, some people throw in blockers here and there but it’s really just people talking about how productive they were the day before by listing their accomplishments. ...

With all the layoffs and general anxiety about what's next, I’m seriously overworking myself. I’m scared that if I don’t, I’ll get let go and never find anything else in this field. If you recently we...

After 8 years of manual coding, I’m finally learning agentic development, only because my job is tracking usage. I'm not a fan, and it’s worrying to see junior devs skip the basics and treat AI as an ...

Final-year Software Engineering student based in Perth, WA, actively applying for internships. Would love any advice from engineers on what companies look for in junior/intern candidates — especially ...

I am going into a second round interview for PNC Bank as Software Engineer (Java) role. I'm feeling nervous but good nonetheless. Are there any tips or anything you would be willing to share with me?

Juggling so many contexts in one day is a pain. What’s the best way you cope with it? Sometimes letting other threads fall off and focusing on what’s important is the way to me. Those threads will hop...

Am I overreacting or is this a completely reasonable thing to be anxious about? My company has been doing surprise layoffs with no heads-up whatsoever. You'll notice someone is just gone from Slack on...

Favoritism is a serious issue in some companies. People only listen to what they want to hear and are unwilling to accept different ideas or suggestions during discussions. When someone expresses an o...

I’m the only woman on a 4-person team. We get along great, but during technical talks, a senior dev always double-checks my answers with the other guys, even though my code reviews are stronger. Is th...

I'm job searching again due to being laid off after a long tenure. I have 8 YOE and a modern stack, but I never finished my degree. Recruiters are reaching out, but my cold applications get zero tract...

I feel like I am missing out on learning opportunities because my teammate rewrites my code instead of reviewing it. If this is something you've experienced, how did you handle it?

Will an oversupply of developers due to layoffs give employers more bargaining power to delay promotions and lower salaries for new job openings? With larger and larger layoffs being announced I worry...

Do you think that engineers who receive 700k total compensation packages are worth that much? I think it’s ludacris to have that many high paid roles regardless of what you do…. I’m clearly not one of...

Has an "easy" task ever made you question your entire career? I just struggled hard through a feature everyone else labeled as simple, and now my confidence is completely shot. I feel like I'm not cut...

Do you think the fractional work paradigm works for software engineering? To me, I don’t think it does.. The only presence I’ve seen is a fractional cto and even then so it takes decades of experience...

I keep blowing past my own estimates, and I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to get more accurate. Every time I think I've scoped something out, the actual work takes way longer than I planned....

I'm unsure how much it actually helps to list personal software projects when looking for a job. I've been a lead several times and did not receive any resume' with a link to a github/gitlab project. ...