u/Dwenya

How do you think people who are just starting their careers as developers are going to be affected by AI?

Are salaries likely to stay the same, go down, or increase? Will there be fewer developer jobs, or will demand for developers actually grow and create more opportunities?

Will AI mostly take over our jobs or will we realize in 15 years that software has become worse than ever before and prioritize developers’ work over AI?

Hi, I'm in a huge reading slump this year. I used to read a lot (like 70-100 books a year) and after having quite a year last year (shitty toxic job), I have had a lot of trouble finding books that hold my interest. It's august and I have read 18 books this year with 4 of them being re-reads and most of them forcing myself to finish them...

Usually I like fantasy/dystopian books with romance in it, I like when it's a good part of the plot. Think Shatter Me, Twilight, Fourth Wing... I also loved The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Cruel Prince, stuff like that.
I have already read a lot of the popular books, so I'm wondering if anyone could recommend me something that released in 2025 or 2026 that would maybe fit and get me out of this reading slump?

I was in a toxic job for two years. Well I actually stayed there four years, but the first two years were fine. But then we (the whole team, sometimes individually) were constantly put down, criticized. For two years I felt like I could never do anything right. If there were two paths A and B, I could take either and still it would be wrong. We couldn’t ask questions (that I need to be asking in order to do my job) to our boss. Anyway it was hell and I feel into a burnout with so many symptoms that I’m not gonna bring up here.

I quit the job after two years and find another one, that isn’t going that well either… Not the same issue, fortunately, but a job with unclear expectations and a lot of misunderstanding and a weird dynamic that made half the team quit since I’ve been here (it’s been 1.5 years).

I’m better than I have been, I’m recovering but I think it made the recovery slower than it should have.

I’m just super frustrated because after 1.5 years of quitting the job, I’m not doing the things I used to enjoy. Like I used to read 100 books a year and I loved it and now I almost don’t read anymore. When I do, I feel like I’m not into it. Previous burnout me was reading, working on personal projects (I’ve given up on this), and just feeling content and sometimes joyful for the tiniest reasons.

I have found joy a couple of days here and there but it almost never happens anymore. I’m frustrated because I don’t feel interest in reading anymore and I loved it. And also because I feel like I’m going to work and going home and doing it again and the everyday life joy disappeared. I used to feel excited about coming home after work. About watching a movie I’ve been waiting for. Now I wait for the movie and don’t watch it for 2 weeks.

Burnout sucks. There really is a before and an after and I don’t know if life will ever go back to how it was before.

Hi, I’m interested in the Coach Tabby and I had a question about the brass-tone hardware: the C clasp, chain/strap hardware, buckles, rings, and the metal pieces that attach the handle to the bag.
Over time, do these parts usually tarnish, scratch, lose their color, or get damaged?
If that happens, is it something you can "easily" repair, and is it usually easy/affordable to fix?

Hi!

I've been buying 30-40$ handbags for as long as I can remember. No surprise: they last one year, maybe two and then I'm buying another one. I don't necessarily want to go into luxury handbags because I don't want to spend 400$+ on a bag that may or may not last long. I'm actually looking for brands that have durable handbags (that could last me a decade or more?) for like 100-250$ or something. I don't need fancy brands or anything, I'm just looking for something I'll like and that'll last me a very long time.

I've been browsing the internet but it seems like every brand I find I'm unsure of its durability. Or it's way too expensive lol

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Edit: btw, what do you guys think of Lancaster? Durable or not so much?

Thank you guys so much for all your answers. There were so many, I couldn’t answer all of them! But I’m definitely checking everything out, you guys give good advice ☺️