u/overlyoptimisticguy2

Back in the day when we've had the "golden era" CoD games like MW3 or BO2, everything was so much slower and jumping was not that big of a deal (also the average player's skill level was much lower, being a casual nowadays is different than being one back in the day). Paddle controllers (like scuf) were still useful back then but you could pretty much do any kind of plays without them.

However, nowadays in games like Black Ops 7, sliding and jumping are such fundamental parts of the game that it's just close to impossible to do without paddles, unless you learn to play claw but that really depends on whether your hands can bear it. It's probably the same with Fortnite as well and it's definitely the same with Battlefield 6 (yes, i like both cod and bf sue me haha). After trying a paddle controller it just feels really bad to go back.

Do you think we need a new base controller design for the next Playstation on which everyone can pull these moves off while still playing ergonomically? I think it would be great and I think it could be a possibility. Since the PS5 controller was a day and night difference from the PS4 one, it seems like their play might be to innovate with every controller.

I've been an SAP developer for nearly two years and most of my job is spent working with the ABAP programming language. Some of the principles apply outside of the SAP ecosystem as well, however, it seems like it's hard to break out of that field for those who have been in it for a long time (I work at SAP itself and I've heard about people who've been developing in ABAP for 10+ years and they've never heard of version control because it doesn't exist there). So naturally, I'm trying to get out.

Despise that, I do have some experience because my thesis project for university was developed with a modern stack (NestJS + React), however, I'm trying to gain more "real" skills that I can actually use for switching jobs. I'm already in the process of developing an app of mine, that uses Spring, React Native and - while I don't know much about the topic yet as I'm learning on the go - I'd also like to develop a microservice or two for things like notifications and I wanna learn more about deployment as well (devops stuff).

Here's the problem though. I enjoy the process, I feel like I'm learning a lot but with all the noise around me about AI I feel like I'm making a huge mistake by not just using Claude Code to develop the entire thing. The original plan was to do it "the modern way", use Claude for everything and then read every single line of code, however, that did not work because Claude was not very flexible and wanted to strictly stick to a plan even if that meant writing a lot of code that "doesn't make sense yet". I felt like I didn't understand the code and the explanations weren't enough so I've decided to restart and do things manually. When I'm at the next step / when I run into a problem, I always try to think it through, try to solve it on my own, try to google and if I feel like this is taking too long then I ask Claude to help me figure it out myself which usually end up working. I feel like this process works for me but I keep wondering if I'm using outdated methods for learning especially when I keep seeing LinkedIn posts about how people developed a working app in 2 days that previously took a year to do and then I also got our team lead at work who keeps talking about how "in a few years there won't be software engineers, there will only be creative storytellers who speak their ideas into a microphone because at that point computers won't need a keyboard". I know that the industry is really gonna change by AI and I know that what I've read on LinkedIn and heard from our team lead is kinda bs, but it still takes a toll on me, I feel like I am doing something wrong.

For the record, I do find AI a useful tool, I use Claude Code at work, I just feel like there's a chance that what I'm doing right now is really gonna pay off in the long run if I'm consistent, espeically if I'm aware of all the principles and go into it.

A little context: I'm 26 years old from Hungary and my dad has been living in Auckland since 2014 so I've heard a lot of personal experiences from him. I've also visited Auckland in December 2016 for 3 weeks, I've travelled around Auckland a bit, went to Rangitoto Island, went up North a little around a place called Goat Island if I remember correctly and I also spend two days in Wellington (it was extremely windy but I still loved it). I currently live in Budapest, Hungary (with the plan of permanently moving to another country next year, NZ being one of my potential choices) and I've been to Prague, Amsterdam, Milan (and a few cities around it) and several cities in Spain on a holiday. While living in NZ is different, I'd still like to think that I've got at least some experience to judge.

New Zealand consistenly ranks on top when it comes to safety and quality of life (especially Auckland) and my experience there just made me think that it deserves those rankings.

First of all, I've never been to a place where people have been so kind and optimistic. People smile at you on the street, the waiters at restaurants are really nice and you also have this "hi, how are you" type of kindness, almost like in the USA (I'm a huge US fan if we disregard politics and I feel like NZ actually takes many great things that I love from America while not taking too many of the negative aspects). It was an absolute shocker when we were leaving a grocery store, we were standing on an escalator going up and one of the workers behinds us told us that there's a little hole on our shopping bag and they went to get us a new one no questions asked. I was in absolute disbelief when that happened, this wouldn't happen in most other countries.

The other thing that really surprised me is how accepting people are. Of course there will always be people who hate on others for no reason but homophobia, transphobia (I'm not trans but if anyone here is, please lean in to confirm / deny this), racism and xenophobia are almost non existent. It's basically a nation of immigrants, there are so many people there and they all live together so nicely. If NZ ends up being my choice, I'm so excited to meet a lot of Asians, Latinos, but also Europeans, locals too, etc... Here in Europe we might be really accepting on paper but casual discrimination (especially xenophobia and racism) is very real and you can feel it in everyday life. Every country has at least 2-3 other countries that they hate for historical reasons. Fyi, the fact that you have pride parades without police barricades to protect the attendees is an insanely big privilege. Yes, it should be normal everywhere but unfortunately it's not.

Another thing is safety... New Zealand consistently ranks among some of the safest countries on earth. From the experiences I've heard you could literally put your phone down on your table outside of a restaurant and go in to use the restroom with close to zero worry of it being stolen. If you leave anything anywhere you can be sure that it's not gonna get stolen. In Europe pickpocketing is a real problem (it can easily be avoided if you know what to watch out for, you kinda build that reflex if you live in a big European city) and it's much less safe than NZ.

The political scene also seems pretty decent (but to be fair, I'm Hungarian and basically any other country's politics is better than ours, though things took a nice turn recently). From what I've heard it really doesn't matter who wins in NZ, it doesn't make a significant difference because the two political parties aren't that ideologically divided, they have the same goals just with a slightly different approach (I'm personally somewhere between libertarianism and liberal capitalism so of course I don't align with any of the two parties 100% but that's okay, I don't have to, I just prefer a well working system). From what I've read NZ ranks among the least corrupt countries in the world and that sounds right to me. I've heard several cases where a politician has been caught in a case of corruption and they resigned immediately. Again, it might just be me who lives in the most corrupt country in the EU but to me that just sounds unbelieveable. The prime minister's salary (498,300 nzd / year) is public (again, I'm absolutely shocked that this is a thing) and while it's an extremely good salary, it's not the f*ck you kind of rich, it's a fair salary.

I understand that the country does have some issues, the cost of living and housing situation is not the best but that applies everywhere at the moment. With the median salary being around 80k NZD per year in Auckland (which is pretty high if you compare to countries here in Europe) people should easily have a chance to get some kind of education (doesn't even have to be uni), see what kinds of jobs are in demand and go from there, or there's always the chance of working remotely to Australia which I've heard many people doing. Yes, there are times you have to work somewhat harder and it's defenitely harder in many aspects to get somewhere than it used to be but that applies to all of the world. But the thing is, NZ could also make the best of this. The culture is very laid back in general and people could start building a healthy work culture on top of this without sacrifising it. And while this is only personal preference they also have the culture of having big detached homes instead of the small, crammed apartments that many people have here in big European cities. Widespread car ownership and infrastrucutre is also real and it's a great starting point for building more public transportation without sacrificing the car infrastrucutre for those of us who prefer to drive as a personal preference (there are places like Denmark where if you wanna buy a big SUV or something you have to pay a 180% tax, so if a car normally costs 50k euros, you'd essentially pay 1.8 times that, don't tell me that's not just a punishment for having a preference, NZ also wins here in my book but again, this is just personal preference, I use public transport here in Budapest on a daily basis and I like it but choice is important and NZ has the potential to do this really well).

I know I ended up glazing NZ with this post but people have to realise that they're living in one of the best countries on earth. It's okay not to like it but I see people using phrases like "corrupt sh*thole" for it and I just don't get it.

These post have been getting out of control. People try to justify their predictions with historical data like every single one of their games have had the exact same timeline since like 2008. I'm excited about this game more than anyone, I have PTO saved up for it, I'd pay triple just to have a week of early access but these speculations make no sense and they'll just lead to disappointment when we don't get the trailer.

Unless something comes from Rockstar Games themselves, it's not official. You can be damned sure that if the trailer comes out it'll be at the top of your youtube page.

I'm normally really tolerant and kind with people online (I've literally explained a new Macbook user how websites work because they only knew apps and people were making fun of them) but this is just getting crazy.

Of course this doesn't apply to conversation about the game itself, those are pretty interesting and those kinds of conversations make me happy to be a gamer but these trailer posts are just such low effort.

The (European) company I work at has an internal job portal where they're hiring people in the USA and from what I understand an internal transfer is possible. For this reason I am thinking about setting a goal for myself to go for one of these in the next ~1 year because I am relatively qualified for many of those positions and I could make up the missing pieces in 6 months at most.

I've never been to the USA but I do have a lot of emotional attachment to the country, in fact I'm pretty obsessed with it, however, I've also done research on what day to day life is actually like there realistically. The thing is, it would be great to hear specific experiences from others who've made the move from Europe to America as it would be more accurate. I'm aware of the pros and cons of living in the country, I'm mostly interested in the work culture and the financial aspect of it.

I'd imagine that the career ceiling is a lot higher there than it is here but overall, how did that affect your life?

- Did you end up working more hours than you did here in Europe?

- Do you have more flexibility in your day to day life when it comes to your job?

- How does PTO compare to the amount you've had here? (From what I understand there are companies that offer like 12 days while there are others that offer unlimited pto so you can easily take 20-25 days a year like you would here in Europe)

- Does the increase in salary make up for the higher cost of living (and needing private health insurance)?

- Do you feel any more stress because of work than you did here?