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Hi , I am a java developer working in a midcap product based company . I have 4 years of experience in java development. Currently not a single hr is ready to digest the 60 days notice period even though I try to convince her or him that I can join in. 25-30 days as I can discuss for negotiation in my current company but they straightly said no we need someone how can join this week or this end of month within 4 days , looking who had already left the organisation. I am now frustrated. No one is giving priority to skills. Only notice period is the new skill now ..

How to handle pls suggest 🥲

I’m a backend/data engineer in India with 3.5+ YOE and I’m currently evaluating a potentially big career move. Would really appreciate opinions from people who have worked at early-stage startups.

Current role:

• ~₹30L/year
• Remote (company transitioned from office → remote)
• Backend/data ownership: Go, Python, Kafka, AWS, ClickHouse, MongoDB, ETL, analytics/AI
• Around May, there was significant uncertainty around the company’s growth/product direction. I was actually advised to start looking for other opportunities.
• Later I was told things were stable with ~1.5 years of runway and appraisals would happen around July, but July has passed and appraisal is still delayed.
• Current engineering workload is quite low — mostly small maintenance work and very few major features/projects.
• Earlier, when the company was moving fast, the workload was quite intense, including weekend production work.

New opportunity:

• California/US-based, YC-backed early-stage startup hiring remotely in India/LATAM
• Currently just 2 people — CEO + CTO — and both actively code
• $6K–$7K/month + up to 0.05% equity + performance bonus
• Currently around $250K ARR, with customers managing $50M+ GMV
• ~18 months of runway
• Targeting $1M ARR within the next 6–12 months
• Considering another fundraise around Feb 2027
• Role is heavily focused on backend/data infrastructure: ingestion, normalization, enrichment, AI workflows and analytics
• Initially they expect around 6 days/week + PST overlap
• Founder was transparent that the culture is high velocity: they "work a lot and push a lot of code", although engineers are evaluated primarily on output rather than hours.

The new role is much more aligned with the direction I want to grow in, and financially it is more than 2x my current compensation.

My main concern is whether the additional compensation is worth the risk of joining a 2-person early-stage startup, especially with the expected work intensity.

If you were in my position, would you make the switch?

What would you specifically verify about the startup/founders/runway/business before making the decision?

Would especially appreciate perspectives from people who have made a similar jump from an established/relatively stable startup to a very early-stage company.

After a long time in leadership, I noticed that the people who advance quickly are not always the most qualified. They are often the people who are willing to take the first step. I spent a lot of time doing the same thing everyone else does: sending applications and just waiting for a reply that never comes. Things changed when I started reaching out to hiring managers myself. Not with a copy-paste pitch, just normal, honest messages showing that I was focused and genuinely interested. That got me into conversations I would not have been able to access any other way.

I passed this advice on to many people I mentored over the years, and honestly, the results still surprise me. A few people got offers in less than a month. Others discovered roles that had not yet been posted on any job board. It was not about having the perfect resume or six years of experience; it was about having the courage to talk to the people who make the decisions.

I'm 24 and already working as a Software Engineer in an MNC. And as of my online research the google apprenticeship have so much low pay than my current. But i already planned for MBA to switch in product roles.What should i do , should i continue?

I keep seeing the title Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) more often, especially in AI companies.

What does this role actually look like day to day?

Is it more like software engineering, solution engineering, consulting, or a mix of all of them?

Also curious about:

• How much coding do FDEs usually do?
• How much time is spent working directly with customers?
• What skills make someone good at this role?
• How is it different from a solutions architect or sales engineer?

Would love to hear from people who are FDEs or have worked closely with them.

Hi all, as the title reads, I've been hired into a (very fortunate) position as an AI Engineer for a cybersecurity firm in London. They support various companies, the most notable of which include robotics companies such as Boston Dynamics.

While this opportunity is very exciting, I'm really not sure about what to expect! What skills, tools, etc should I prepare & develop for my role? I'm supposed to be officially starting later this week

Due to the advancements in AI and Agentic AI, software engineering has changed. With AI doing almost all the heavy lifting, SEs are more like architects or planners than devs.
I have 3+ years of full-stack experience leaning more towards the backend side; I used to build APIs and shit by hand. I don't know what backend is now anymore. What do you think backend development is all about in 2026 and beyond? What skills are working for you guys? How are you guys working at companies or freelancing as Backend Engineers in 2026? I'm really curious how AI has changed the roles.

hi there, can i please ask why desi / south asian people interviewed like a class viva. i mean they ask questions like a university class. they will definitely make you feel embarrassed if you don’t answer correctly or if you do, then their ego will get hurt. i have had many interviews, but never felt comfortable with them. i mean they literally come up with the mindset that i am not give him/her a job. those are mostly millennials. they have no idea about values or how someone should interview in this modern world. let me know please your thoughts on this one.

I'm a software developer at a healthcare software company, and my position was just eliminated as part of budget reductions. They told me I have 10 weeks to try to find another role inside the company, and if I don't find one or decide I'm not going to continue with that, they'll let me go with about 6 months of severance.

Honestly, part of me already feels lighter. It's a little strange, but I feel like the pressure of constant deadlines is starting to ease. The salary and benefits were good, so I know this isn't something to take lightly, but I've been burned out for a while and I don't feel like I'm really present in this career anymore. The work no longer excites me, and I haven't been "exceptional enough" in reviews to be put on a promotion track, even though I've been doing this job for a respectable amount of time since graduating. I feel like this is one of those rare opportunities to take a step back, travel a bit, and spend time on personal projects I've been putting off forever. Basically, a paid reset. So right now I'm leaning toward taking the severance, resting a little, and starting the job search closer to the second half of the severance period.

But at the same time, the thing making me hesitate is the tech job market. It seems really tough right now, and I don't want to be naive about how long it might take to find something good. In the worst case, if I wait too long and the search drags on, I'll probably have to move back in with my parents so I don't burn through the savings I worked hard to build. And that would be very draining, mostly because my dad can be gloomy, controlling, and old-school, and I really don't want to go back to that dynamic again.

I also talked to my aunt about it. She's had a very successful career and I respect her opinion, but she's definitely more cautious than I am. She told me I need to start applying immediately, and half-joked that being unemployed isn't exactly going to help my dating life. I laughed it off, but honestly, it got in my head a little.

Has anyone here taken severance and intentionally paused for a bit before looking again? Did it help, or did you regret not starting the search earlier? My biggest worry is just how bad the tech market is right now.

I’m a 21-year-old college passout currently enrolled in a Full Stack Java course, and I need some practical advice because my curiosity is completely paralyzing me.

My problem isn't that I'm listening to tech influencers telling me what's "hot" or "saturated." My problem is that I am genuinely fascinated by almost every field in tech, and I want to do it all.

I am doing this Java course because I actually want to know how to build a web, heavy, real-world backend with Spring Boot. But I also legitimately want to understand the math and Python behind training an AI model. And at the same time, I want to also try app dev.also want to

I’m honestly not 100% sure what my ultimate end goal is yet (though a dream role would be a Software Engineer at a place like Google). Everyone always gives the advice to "just choose one path," but because I don't want to have any regrets or leave any of my interests unexplored, my brain's default response is always: "Why not just do this too?"

So, I try to stack them all. I’ll make a daily schedule that includes practicing my Java full-stack coursework, studying Python/ML/ai concepts,dsa and web dev.

The result? Complete system failure. I spread myself so thin trying to juggle 4 or 5 different complex subjects every day that I get completely overwhelmed. My brain freezes, the workload feels impossible, and I end up sitting there doing absolutely nothing.

I’m terrified of picking just one lane because it feels like I'm giving up on the others, but trying to do everything is resulting in zero progress across the board.

It’s not like I have unlimited time to just keep experimenting. In 6 months, I absolutely need to secure a job and start earning, which is exactly why I joined a Full Stack Java course.

For those of you who have navigated this and actually built a career:

1. How do you compartmentalize your curiosity so you can make progress in your primary course without feeling like you are "missing out"?
2. Could you give me a realistic 6-month roadmap that gets me hired, keeping in mind I don't want this specific stack to be my lifelong path? (e.g., Month 1-2: Focus strictly on X, Month 3-4: Build Y). If I put my head down and execute your roadmap, what kind of roles or salary can I realistically expect at the end of the 6 months, and how easy is it to pivot to other tech later?
3. What does your day-to-day look like to satisfy that "builder" itch without derailing your main focus?

I want to learn more about bot armies ie TikTok chat rooms. what tools are needed in order to control bot armies? What dictates volume? located where physically? who is funding these operations? how much does it costs to buy, lease, build a bot army?

Ethos, based in London, UK, is seeking experienced software engineers to contribute to AI review and evaluation projects.

At a glance:

Rate: $150/hr
Engagement: Part-time, hourly contract
Location: Remote

The work: Review AI-generated software engineering outputs, assess technical accuracy and reasoning, and provide expert feedback to help improve AI systems.

Who fits: Software engineers with strong development experience and the ability to critically evaluate code, technical solutions, and engineering approaches.

A flexible opportunity to put your software engineering expertise to work in AI development and evaluation.

Explore Ethos: https://agent.askethos.com/

Basically I'm from tier 3 college and a I'm currently going in 2nd yr

Basically I'm completely lost about what to do from now everyone is saying do dsa Full stack and many of my friends who're in good clgs took batches of deep learning data science and another blah blah things 😭😭

So I don't know from where to start right now should I go with full stack or not or try another feild as well cuz everyone says that Full stack is dead and their is no scope in future

And please suggest me any roadmap what to doo

I don't know anything 😭😭

so I do NetSuite/ERP consulting for a handful of clients (couple bigger names, some Coupa admin work mixed in too) and honestly I'm at the point where I could use another set of hands, but I'm not looking for someone who already knows NetSuite inside and out. I'd rather find someone genuinely sharp on the software dev side and just train them up on the NetSuite specific stuff myself.

what actually matters to me, solid fundamentals. you know how to write clean code, you're comfortable with APIs, you're not afraid to build something that connects two systems together (node, python, whatever). if you've got that foundation, I can teach you SuiteScript, governance limits, all the NetSuite quirks, that part's honestly the easier half to pick up if you're already a decent developer.

what I can't really teach from scratch is good engineering instinct, how you think through a problem, how you handle stuff breaking, whether you write code that's actually maintainable. that's what I'm looking for.

to keep this efficient for both of us, I'll send a short practical test to anyone who reaches out, nothing crazy, just enough to see how you actually think through a problem. if you're confident in your fundamentals, this should be quick and kind of fun.

not a huge corporate role, more like an ongoing thing, remote, pay is fair for the work. if you're a strong dev looking to pick up a genuinely useful niche skill (NetSuite devs are in real demand and there aren't many good ones), hit me up, or connect with me on LinkedIn https://id.linkedin.com/in/codyluxe and we can talk about what's on my plate right now.

one more thing, strong English is required since this work involves talking directly with clients, so please only reach out if you're confident communicating in English.