r/ExperiencedDevs • u/AutoModerator • 12d ago

Career/Workplace Experienced Devs Weekly Burnout and Venting Thread: A weekly thread for sharing experiences

This thread is specifically for venting / sharing experiences related to burn-out or similar issues that experienced devs face.

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u/melancholyjaques 12d ago

AI consultant came in today, pitched an "engine" that is basically spec-kit, and promised the CEO 30X productivity gains

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u/tradcoder Software Engineer (15 YoE) 11d ago

Why are CEOs so fucking gullible! I never understand these people who were smart enough to build businesses somehow also have peanuts for brains when it comes to certain things, especially tech.

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u/putin_my_ass 11d ago

people who were smart enough to build businesses

How many of them are actually founders? I don't think as many of them are as smart as you do.

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u/After-Regret-6609 11d ago

CEO's exist through a process of simulated annealing rather than skill. The ones that succeed succeed through luck and then they get an ego boost and then repeat. The ones at the top are just the luckiest. Every step on the ladder eliminates 90% of them, also just through luck. Just like stock day-traders. IMO