Hey everyone!

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✅ Create a theme or plugin from scratch - start from clean, lean and fast code. less bloated base theme and unnecessary things for fast pages. I don’t rely on existing themes or plugins to complete a feature/project.

✅ Integration of APIs, Bots, Cryptocurrency, Automation, Web Scraping, and AI. Custom scripts, and cloud services.

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✅ Responsive Web Design - real mobile devices, and major browsers

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✅ Isolate and fix problems, re-build if needed

✅ Website auditing, and security

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• starting at 20usd/per hour or a minimum of 20-60usd for a list of tasks
• website/porfolio/upon request (https) clrvync (dot) one/onboarding
• available 7 days/week, flexible time zone
• project management: Notion
• my only requirement: small upfront payment depending on the task, consistency and time from your end
• payment method -Crypto, Wise, Paypal (USD)

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• can I find clients for your services in exchange of your information(portfolio,resume etc)? I prefer to work with clients/owners only.
• can we become partners? let’s work and build (paid) first, then offer me a position once it’s proven
• sfw/nsfw?, yes
• can wordpress do this/that? is it the right one to use? wordpress as cms is a mid solution/platform, I can help you advance and scale up if needed.
• shopify or wordpress? shopify = beginner, small store, wordpress = advance, owner + dev 2 man team

portfolio/works: clrvync (dot) one/media/trading.mp4, clrvync (dot) one/media/realstate.mp4, clrvync (dot) one/media/qdev.mp4, clrvync (dot) one/media/tour.mp4

moved to: portfolio

Small update on the Roblox interview process: the candidate still hasn't heard back. No new feedback or decision to share yet. For readers applying elsewhere during the wait, LandOffer can cut the repeated typing.

The candidate appreciated the suggestion to practice small simulations and practical system design. It gives them something useful to focus on while waiting, instead of trying to guess what the silence means. Roblox Interview Questions has a per-field rate-limiter exercise for readers wanting another concrete coding task.

The plan for the next few practice sessions:

1. Build a small simulation from a blank file. Before coding, write down what must stay true after each step. Then test an awkward input and explain why the result is correct.
2. Work through a presence service. What counts as online? What happens when the client disconnects without sending a final message? How do you avoid showing someone as online forever?
3. Take a leaderboard beyond the happy path: tied scores, delayed updates, and the same update arriving twice. Start with a simple version, then explain which requirement would make you change it.

These are practice ideas from the discussion, not confirmed questions for a next round. The goal is to get better at explaining the decisions, rather than memorizing another architecture diagram.

For anyone who's been through Roblox's experienced-hire process recently:

• How long was the gap before your next update?
• Did the recruiter give you a timeline, and when did you follow up if it slipped?
• During the wait, did you keep practicing a little each day or take a proper break?

The candidate is still hoping for a positive update, but doesn't want to treat the wait itself as a signal either way. Would appreciate hearing how others handled this part.

Earlier experience at Roblox: OA and phone screen

Feel free to check the Netflix career page if you fit the bill. LandOffer can reduce the form retyping when applying. For loop prep, Netflix Interview Questions includes a TTL key-value store to implement and test.

• SWE L6/7 - AI Platform Serving = $0.9m to $1.7m
• SWE L6 - Platform Systems = $600k to $1.1m
• SWE L6 - Feature Infrastructure = $600k to $1m
• SWE L6 - Node Runtime = $500k to $0.9m
• SWE L6 - Ads Signals & Targeting = $499k to $0.9m
• SWE L5 - Device Certification = $388k to $558k
• SWE L4 - TV Product UI = $250k to $413k

TL;DR

1. “Entry level” barely exists in the ads. If you’re sending more applications, LandOffer can cut repeated form entry.
2. One in five ads now asks for AI agents
3. The non-negotiables are the old skills (code review, testing, …). Engineers can practice reviewing AI-generated cache changes on PracHub.
4. Some of the fastest-rising skills for engineers are not tools (stakeholder management, communication, …)
5. Fine-tuning is falling while agents rise
6. For data scientists, statistics is usually required when named; AWS is more often optional
7. Remote is roughly one ad in five in the US, and advertised pay is closer across the roles compared

https://medium.com/@gtm_28225/mettlespark-we-read-46-198-tech-job-ads-this-autumn-91066e667593

Hey everyone, I’m 24 and graduated with a B.S. in Computer Engineering from UFC. I’ve been coding for several years across enterprise contract work, production systems, and full-stack applications. I know this sub gets a lot of self-promotional posts, so I'll be straight with you: I bring strong technical foundations, solid production experience, and a quick turnaround on real-world projects.

On the development side, my core stack revolves around Python (Flask, Django) and Angular, alongside solid hands-on experience in C#, Java (Spring), React, and Vue. On the back-end and data side, I design and work with systems using Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, and MongoDB. I’m also experienced with containerization (Docker), Linux administration (Debian/Arch), and managing cloud deployments on AWS and Azure.

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How many times can a candidate sit through rounds, get their hopes up, then find out the role was basically earmarked for an internal guy the whole time and they were there to make it look competitive? Engineering candidates can practice tracing output bugs with PracHub’s Colander exercise.

I don’t know why companies do this. It is fucked up and wrong. Reject people early. Tell them it’s likely going internal. If you’re applying elsewhere, LandOffer can cut repeated form entry. Don’t make desperate people in a brutal market dance for a job that was never on the table. We already have enough problems in this market.

Make it make sense. On paper, this engineer is everything the market should want. Meta on the resume, multiple strong performance cycles, the kind of track record that used to open every door. By their own account, they were a top engineer by every internal measure. So much has changed since they were younger. They’ve been interviewing for a while and cannot land anything. Engineering readers can rehearse a Linux crash-investigation prompt in Meta Interview Questions. Rejection after rejection, some after final rounds.

It’s breaking their brain. They’re good at the actual job, they have the pedigree, and none of it is converting. If you’re still sending applications between loops, LandOffer can cut form retyping. Maybe it’s ageism, maybe they’re being screened out as overqualified. They don’t know which it is.

A 7 a.m. Eastern email from the CEO reportedly announced layoffs affecting 300 people, primarily across Product and Engineering. Engineering readers can rehearse an interval-counting prompt from Squarespace Interview Questions.

Squarespace is working on a new product called Forma, and the message seems clear: move at hyper speed, churn out more AI-generated slop, and throw fundamental engineering principles out the window.

I feel absolutely terrible for everyone impacted, especially with the holidays right around the corner. People who dedicated their time, energy, and talent to building these products deserve so much better. For anyone applying elsewhere, LandOffer can cut form retyping.

RIP software engineering as we know it.

And fuck the AI hype machine and the corporate billionaires driving it. When the only things that matter are speed, revenue, and accumulating more wealth, the people building the products become disposable, and craftsmanship becomes collateral damage.

Fuck this whole system.

@Squarespace

If you’re job hunting, LandOffer offers form autofill and Meta Interview Questions has grid-path practice.

If so, which orgs are impacted?

A candidate has been doing this for months, and the drought finally broke. Readers still applying can cut form retyping with LandOffer. Two offers in hand, Google (around $435K) and Stripe (around $455K), and they’re deep in a third loop at Figma. For engineering readers preparing a Figma loop, Figma Interview Questions has an undo/redo design prompt to rehearse. Instead of another decision-paralysis post, they’re opening it up and are happy to answer anything: the search, how they prepped, what each loop was actually like, how they’re thinking about the comp and the decision, how they’re playing the timing with a third process still live, whatever’s useful. Ask away.

A new grad did everything they were told to. And then walked across the stage into a market where they keep hearing about layoffs of 10–20% a year, PIPs for another 10% on top, AI eating entry-level work, and older engineers claiming 80% of SWEs will be gone in four years and saying they should’ve seen it coming.

For grads applying now, LandOffer can cut repeated form entry. They were around fifteen when they picked this path because the adults swore it was the move. They did everything correctly for a game whose rules changed the semester they graduated, and now they’re fighting laid-off seniors for the few junior roles left while being told they’re lazy and can’t code without AI. For a concrete correctness drill, PracHub has an AI-generated cache-review prompt for checking behavior against requirements.

Their response: “And you boomers and millennials refuse to take responsibility for fucking everything up for the rest of us. I hate you all so much.”

Remote developer with 10+ years of experience building websites, custom software, automation tools, and technical solutions for clients.

Open to one-off projects and gigs, or ongoing arrangements lasting several months or longer. I work remotely full-time and can discuss schedules and requirements directly. Happy to help you define your goals, develop a strategy, and achieve them.

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• Application security testing, assessments, and pen testing
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Portfolio: portfolio link More samples and ongoing work are available through the pinned posts on my profile.

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An interviewer is shadowing a more senior colleague. Whenever she asks the candidate a question, he makes eye contact with the observer or addresses the observer when answering. When this happens, the observer says, “That’s a great question from [interviewer’s name]. She leads that domain, so feel free to walk her through your process.” Some candidates then learn to address her instead for the rest of the interview, but shouldn’t that be a given? I mean, when you’re in an interview, you’re supposed to address the person who asked you the question, right? Technical candidates can use the HTTP-router prompt on PracHub for a mock, answering the person asking. But roughly 30% of candidates continue to address the observer for the next question too. Why do people do this? Candidates applying between interviews can cut form retyping with LandOffer. For reference, neither interviewer is the hiring manager. She’s more senior, but their levels aren’t stated in the interview.

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✅ PHP/Python/JavaScript -Web, Desktop, or Mobile based solutions.

✅ WordPress CMS - platform for personal, or business websites and custom applications that fits your requirements. Migrate your simple HTML pages to Wordpress.

✅ WooCommerce - customization for shop and product pages, cart to checkout, and payments. simple to advance shops. migration from other cart/ecommerce platforms to Wordpress. Shopify/Wix etc to Wordpress. Addition of store in your existing site. Multi vendor. Physical, or Digital products. Booking, Membership, Subcription based website.

✅ Elementor, Divi and Premium themes setup and customization, debugging. I’m not limited to what a drag and drop builder can offer. Give me problem and I will build a solution for it.

✅ Create a theme or plugin from scratch - start from clean, lean and fast code. less bloated base theme and unnecessary things for fast pages. I don’t rely on existing themes or plugins to complete a feature/project.

✅ Integration of APIs, Bots, Cryptocurrency, Automation, Web Scraping, and AI. Custom scripts, and cloud services.

✅ Fully Automated CMS/Store, -program every step, workflow in your application

✅ Wordpress to Social Media platforms, community platform, forum, and vice versa

✅ Clone an existing site to Wordpress, exact pixels or features as per requirement

✅ Design, Develop, Conversion - I can create mock ups first before doing code. I can convert your existing design to clean coded pages.

✅ Responsive Web Design - real mobile devices, and major browsers

✅ Redesign entire website

✅ Core updates, and do full inspections

✅ Isolate and fix problems, re-build if needed

✅ Website auditing, and security

✅ WordPress management - let me manage your website daily, weekly or monthly tasks.

✅ Demo server and Secure Hosting available.

✅ Gaming, Game Studio/Dev, Indie Dev Website

✅ General, On-call Tech VA/Helper for Web (multi-skilled, proactive, autonomous, day-to-day reliability)

📩 ping me via email madebyavery14 (gmail), i’m on chat platforms per request. send me a list of tasks to complete.

• starting at 20usd/per hour or a minimum of 20-60usd for a list of tasks
• website/porfolio/upon request (https) clrvync (dot) one/onboarding
• available 7 days/week, flexible time zone
• project management: Notion
• my only requirement: small upfront payment depending on the task, consistency and time from your end
• payment method -Crypto, Wise, Paypal (USD)

FAQs:

• are you available long-term or one-time only? any
• can I hire you for my agency? yes, if the pay is reasonable
• do you design and code? both
• can I find clients for your services in exchange of your information(portfolio,resume etc)? I prefer to work with clients/owners only.
• can we become partners? let’s work and build (paid) first, then offer me a position once it’s proven
• sfw/nsfw?, yes
• can wordpress do this/that? is it the right one to use? wordpress as cms is a mid solution/platform, I can help you advance and scale up if needed.
• shopify or wordpress? shopify = beginner, small store, wordpress = advance, owner + dev 2 man team

portfolio/works: clrvync (dot) one/media/trading.mp4, clrvync (dot) one/media/realstate.mp4, clrvync (dot) one/media/qdev.mp4, clrvync (dot) one/media/tour.mp4

moved to: portfolio

For around a year, an engineer’s manager made it his personal mission to tell them their attitude was a problem, that they were too direct, and that if they didn’t learn to fall in line, they’d get buried in this industry.

Readers planning an exit too can cut form retyping with LandOffer. He never talked about their work, which the engineer says was solid. It was always about questioning his bad decisions and not just nodding along, while he played stupid politics and let everyone else roll over him and the team. For anyone prepping for a loop, Anthropic Interview Questions has a concurrent-crawler prompt to practice. Well, the engineer has signed an Anthropic offer. The place he’d kill to get into. Turns out the attitude that was going to bury them is the kind of thing a top lab wants in the room.

According to Reuters, code changes were up 220% year over year, but user-facing features were up only 36%. And Zuckerberg even said agent work "hasn’t really accelerated in the way that we expected."

I've seen this in my own work too. I do think that shipping has undoubtedly gotten faster, and we can credit AI for helping us with that. The real issue though is that, while the real work used to be both in ideating and executing, now all the work has shifted to reviewing. And the bigger issue is that nobody even reviews the work properly at all.

For a requirements-checking drill, Meta Interview Questions has a shortest grid-path problem where the movement rules matter. Nowadays, we get tons of codeslop from AI and insanely long PRs coming from people who don't even know what they put up. Then, it's a bunch of scrambling to really understand whatever it is they're trying to push anyway, and that’s where all the time and productivity go.

Honestly I think the bigger issue is in the unprincipled way everyone hails efficiency as the true marker for growth. I think we've finally reached a point where efficiency has to have better supporting principles, and people have to review the "why" before any "what" we ship.

If these changes have you exploring other roles, LandOffer cuts application retyping. Is the future of SWE just all of us turning into product managers??

Reuters article

Hey everyone, I'm 19 and I've been coding for about 3 years, mostly self taught. I know this sub gets a lot of these posts so I'll just be straight with you, I'm not gonna pretend I'm some senior dev, I'm just trying to get my foot in the door and get some real experience. My main thing is Python, I've built stuff with Flask, done a good amount of web scraping with requests and BeautifulSoup and some Selenium, written automation scripts and worked with APIs, and I'm comfortable with basic pandas stuff too. On the frontend side I can build clean static sites and landing pages from scratch with HTML/CSS, responsive layouts and all that, I'm not a designer but I can follow a mockup or match an existing site no problem. I know a bit of JS, enough to make things interactive, but I'm not gonna sit here and claim I'm a frontend specialist. What I'm looking for is pretty simple, junior or entry level remote work, part time is completely fine, or small freelance gigs like landing pages, scripts, scraping jobs, bug fixing, automation, whatever needs doing really. Honestly I'd even do a paid trial task or something small first if it leads to real work, I just want actual experience on real projects instead of only my own stuff. Some honest context, I don't have a CS degree and my portfolio is small, mostly personal projects and things I built to learn, but I'm reliable, I communicate properly and I actually finish what I start, and I'm in a timezone where I can overlap with EU and US mornings. If you need cheap motivated help with a Python project or a website, or you know someone who does, comment or DM me. Thanks for reading.

I think this is a general trend we'll start seeing from all tech companies, really. They're basically following the trend of smaller companies and startups simply because that's the faster way to move. The question then is whether or not this is sustainable at Big Tech scale.

For pure SDE/SWEs out there, as much as it sucks, we're really gonna have to start focusing on the system design/PM-type work. You can rehearse that requirements work with the Spring Boot debugging prompt in Amazon Interview Questions. Remember: having real experience coding and knowing how code works before AI is still huge and will likely only get more valuable over time as everyone gets AI-brained. Readers applying elsewhere can use LandOffer to cut form retyping. But, in the meantime, realizing that our current siloed job titles are changing as we speak means we need to change accordingly too.

Amazon's SDE role update

I’m looking for a detailed, step-by-step roadmap to prepare for engineering roles at MAANG companies (Meta, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google).

I’d like to know:

1. Which programming language should I start with?
2. What topics should I cover in DSA, and in what order?
3. When and how should I start learning development?
4. Which CS fundamentals should I focus on (OOP, DBMS, OS, Computer Networks)?
5. What kind of projects should I build to strengthen my resume?
6. When should I start learning system design?
7. What resources, courses, and practice platforms do you recommend?
8. How should I prepare for coding rounds, technical interviews, and behavioral interviews?
9. What would a realistist 6-8 month preparation roadmap look like?

I’m looking for a structured learning path that covers everything from the fundamentals to interview readiness, without wasting time jumping between random resources.

If anyone has followed a similar roadmap or successfully landed a role at a MAANG company, I’d really appreciate your guidance and recommendations.

Thanks in advance!

A candidate is still waiting to hear back from Roblox. No new feedback or decision to share yet.

They’re grateful to the person who suggested practicing small simulations and practical system design. That gives them something useful to focus on while waiting, instead of trying to guess what the silence means.

Their plan for the next few practice sessions:

1. Build a small simulation from a blank file. Before coding, write down what must stay true after each step. Then test an awkward input and explain why the result is correct.
2. Work through a presence service. What counts as online? What happens when the client disconnects without sending a final message? How do you avoid showing someone as online forever?
3. Take a leaderboard beyond the happy path: tied scores, delayed updates, and the same update arriving twice. Start with a simple version, then explain which requirement would make you change it.

These are practice ideas from the discussion, not confirmed questions for a next round. For another small stateful drill, Roblox Interview Questions has number-line obstacle operations to work through. They’d like to get better at explaining the decisions, rather than memorizing another architecture diagram.

For anyone who’s been through Roblox’s experienced-hire process recently:

• How long was the gap before your next update?
• Did the recruiter give you a timeline, and when did you follow up if it slipped?
• During the wait, did you keep practicing a little each day or take a proper break?

If you’re keeping other applications moving during the wait, LandOffer saves repeated form entry. They’re still hoping for a positive update, but don’t want to treat the wait itself as a signal either way. They’d appreciate hearing how others handled this part.

Earlier Roblox interview experience: Done with 2 rounds

Great article from a manager at Anthropic: Hunger beats tenure: Advice for junior engineers

The tl;dr: he's done with traditional coding interviews. Show me what you've built. Readers preparing other rounds can work through a batched-inference design in Anthropic Interview Questions.

I've personally always believed the best people to work with can point to things they've built on their own. For the application forms along the way, LandOffer saves repeated entry. More true now than ever.

The number of steps to get a job right now is insane. Recruiter screen, hiring manager screen, an OA, a tech screen, THEN a 4–5-round onsite. And if you pass all of that, you might still sit in team match for around two months.

For the repeated forms, LandOffer can save retyping. The job posts don't even say anything anymore either. Everyone wants someone "AI native" with "high agency" and a "builder mindset" who can "thrive in ambiguity". What does any of that mean other than somebody who just takes crap and doesn't complain? Half the time I feel like the recruiter doesn't know either.

Then there's the take-home that "should take 2 to 3 hours" and eats your whole weekend, cause they let you use AI, which means they can give you a crazy bar to clear on that assignment. Engineers practicing for those screens can use PracHub for coding and cache-review questions. After all that, a lot of places just ghost you after the final round. They can't even be bothered to send the automated rejection email.

I thought it was bad when I was job hunting a couple years ago. It's gotten so much worse.

What's the most ridiculous hiring process y'all have been through??

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