mycodesucks

mycodesucks @lemmy.world 14h ago

Naming mine Ray Catbury.

Or perhaps Cat-ode Ray

mycodesucks @lemmy.world 16h ago

Please be "don't".

mycodesucks @lemmy.world 17h ago

Came here for this. Good work.

mycodesucks @lemmy.world 17h ago

Seems ridiculously low. Someone needs cash fast.

mycodesucks @lemmy.world 1d ago

I accidentally the whole thing

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mycodesucks @lemmy.world 1d ago

The issue is YOU are talking about REAL AI - statistical analysis and modeling leading to decision making with increasingly better fits.

The Transportation Secretary is most CERTAINLY vaguely referring to "that Claude thing that can do anything", and it's a series of plane crashes waiting to happen.

mycodesucks @lemmy.world 2d ago

They're stealing our peaceful PRESENT, too.

mycodesucks @lemmy.world 3d ago

Everyone has their own line, and I don't begrudge people theirs.

But at the end of the day we all have to function somehow. Nobody's hands are completely clean.

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mycodesucks @lemmy.world 3d ago

"LamUUUUUUU!!!!"

mycodesucks @lemmy.world 3d ago

My story is pretty similar in starting out poor. I was raised poor, but then was the first person in my family to graduate university, all on loans in my own name (subsequently paid), and then the first to travel outside the US. From there it just snowballed.

I do wish more people made the choice, just for their own sakes. Statistically, the idea that the place you were born is the best fit for you is pretty low. But then, I also get that not everyone can make the jump. I've watched most people who come here spend some time and then go back home. It's scary to leave everything behind, and not everyone is up for it.

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mycodesucks @lemmy.world 3d ago

I'd prefer not to say it because the situation gets unique enough where I might start to become identifiable, but the process was long. It took 10 years to get a permanent residency, and I won't lie - until that point, work visas linked to employers were in many ways humiliating and exploitative. But on the other side of it was freedom, good societal benefits, and a culture with respect for community and connection. I'd say the trade was worth it.

My advice in my case, and it might be relevant to anybody else looking to do the same, is that it's a mistake to try to find a position overseas that matches your career in the US dollar for dollar. Unless you are EXTREMELY lucky, that just isn't going to happen. The US pays higher salaries because the costs of living are higher, and going to another country, in many ways you're going to be under-performing compared to natives, just because you're unaware of cultural cues and language subtleties. Basically, the best thing you can do is be ready to accept a few steps down the ladder. Most career professionals just aren't willing to do this. I was, and it made all the difference. I'll put it directly - I took a 75% pay cut to get out, and I'll absolutely never reach that same income level again. But compared to back then, I'm not constantly surrounded by vile business practices, I'm not constantly compromising my integrity to deploy bad, rushed code to make money that gets taxed to bomb poor countries while I fight my insurance company to cover a tooth extraction... I wake up in a quiet town of nice people and do work that makes me feel fulfilled on my own terms. I eat good food at reasonable prices. My happiness isn't linked to how well I can satisfy some rich jackass - my destiny is mine.

It's not a path for everyone. It was tough and there were times where I second guessed my choices so hard it crushed me. But I'm now doing pretty well for where I live, with potential for more down the line, and I'm doing it all on my terms. To me, that's worth everything I sacrificed.