I always imagined that if I ever lost my job, it would be due to budget cuts, corporate restructuring, or maybe because I publicly pointed out that turning servers off and back on again does not qualify as a strategy. But no. I was replaced by a 16-year-old.With “AI-assisted systems administration skills.”And he’s apparently doing […]
(Because “Senior Software Engineer” just doesn’t sound disruptive enough) So, you’ve mastered Kubernetes, solved race conditions at 3 AM, and can explain the difference between TCP and UDP during REM sleep. Congratulations. Sadly, in 2025, that only qualifies you as “pretty decent.” If you really want to make it big—LinkedIn-influencer-level big—you’ll need a title that’s […]
(A Masterclass in Professional Time Travel and Selective Ignorance) Ah yes, 2025. The year AI writes your code, your fridge deploys Kubernetes clusters, and Junior Developers casually mention “I just optimized our React Server Components pipeline with Astro edge functions and AI-powered bundle splitting.”And here you are—rocking HTML, CSS, and jQuery like it’s 2010 and […]
