spent some time last week adding metadata to my mp3 music obtained with yt-dlp. used musicbrainz Picard.

I’m actually really surprised how comprehensive that database is, and how easy it was to manually tag the tracks that didn’t get picked up automatically.

if you don’t already have a portfolio, build one. express fundamentals and show off your creativity.

sell yourself as a premium option to overseas competitors. note that by premium i dont necessarily mean “higher quality”. if you show that you have some skin in the game and benefit from their success, rather than treating it as a one-and-done contract, you earn trust and repeat business.

network with those local businesses. people buy goods and services from people they trust. this molds into my second point.

none of this will be easy, but these are fundamentals you can use with any area of business.

bringing you joy is its purpose, and that is valid.

my commits are the reason we haven’t achieved AGI

thanks for the response. for what its worth, most people I ask this question to are attempting some form of your first bulletpoint. I think we’re on the right track there, it only makes sense.

speaking for myself, your second point is the silver lining of all this, to me. ive never had this kind of pressure before, but I hope that its the kind of pressure that makes me a better dev instead of burning me out.

cheers!

that’s a very good distinction, absolutely. its just code generation at this stage.

the review was the bottleneck before (as I believe was already the case for many companies) but now with 10x the code generated for review, the bottleneck has turned into a dripping faucet.

hey shaggy. I want to touch on your last point as a newer developer:

My department is finally seeing 10x development due to the shift of writing code to writing spec. The main issue is now our pipeline is stuck at review, so all that extra output is effectively wasted. Do you have any tips on what worked for you if you had a similar situation?

ITT: people discovering why there are so many branches of Christianity

I want to read it. Go write it.