johns code @johnscodedev

Technologist, Software Development Leader, Software Engineer, early IoT developer. Go, Node, & others github.com/johnscode USA Joined October 2023

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Texas Tribe @TX4Freedom

a year ago

H-1B Visas from India have destroyed Austin’s tech job market. How do I know? I am a displaced former Austinite tech worker. I know first hand as do MANY others!

Virgil Bierschwale @VBierschwale

a year ago

Who is depriving you of good paying jobs in Austin Texas?

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johns code @johnscodedev

a year ago

@WalkInVerse Same. I know multiple people with 25+ yrs in tech that cannot get positive responses. the market makes no sense

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a year ago

Was given a set of detailed driving directions. Tried to use @Google gemini to parse them to put into a map app. gemini optimized the route even though i asked it not to...twice. 😭

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johns code @johnscodedev

a year ago

next up: explosions and points

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a year ago

Here's a screen grab of @grok generated Defender game on iOS. with a few mods: joystick, buttons, and a few assets. Here's the original grok: x.com/i/grok/share/J…

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a year ago

Here's a followup prompt to make it a bit more like the arcade game. x.com/i/grok/share/I…

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a year ago

Playing with Grok and game dev. @grok did a pretty good job spitting out a basic Defender clone. will post a link to my modifications. Here's the original answer: x.com/i/grok/share/r… Nice work @xai

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a year ago

@elonmusk Ok, this is pretty good 🤣🤣 x.com/i/grok/share/k…

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a year ago

@SeekWiser_ 'Grow until you go'

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a year ago

@kepano It's happened before. Client-server was big thing in the late 80's early 90's, then desktops got dirt cheap. It's a cycle

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a year ago

Went largely under the radar when it was done in '21. This is a big deal.

Rod D. Martin @RodDMartin

a year ago

🚨 BREAKING: TRUMP SMASHES BIDEN'S "GLOBAL MINIMUM TAX". This is HUGE - let me break it down for you... 1/13

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johns code @johnscodedev

a year ago

Let's hope the tide changes soon. I know plenty of techies that are ready to get back to work.

Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling

a year ago

There has been widespread anti-white male discrimination in Silicon Valley for years, and everyone knows it. It’s only in the past year that it’s become acceptable to mention it, though. Here’s one more quick anecdote: A few years ago, during the peak years of COVID/ZIRP/woke

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johns code @johnscodedev

a year ago

I was told this never happens 😔

Dan Held @danheld

a year ago

White males are actively discriminated against in tech. It’s an open secret of Silicon Valley. - Had a brilliant/upper 1% talented friend at FB be told “he didn’t fit the demographic” for management - Had another at Airbnb win a $10M lawsuit for discrimination

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a year ago

@ScottAdamsSays In '94 my AI professor at USC was working with a group that was actually road testing a similar idea. Used the notion of 'caravanning' for groups a cars to move through traffic.

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johns code @johnscodedev

a year ago

I know so many 20+ yr devs that are looking for work. Some more than a year.

Aesthetica @Anc_Aesthetics

a year ago

Just got a dm from someone who works in recruiting at one of big tech companies. He said it's internal policy within the team he works for to reserve roles for what they call “outside talent”. They are not allowed to recruit Americans for these roles but must go through the

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johns code @johnscodedev

a year ago

It's amazing how many are unaware of the state of the tech job market right now.

U.S. Tech Workers @USTechWorkers

a year ago

Tech bros: “There’s a shortage of talent. We need more workers! More H-1Bs!” Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley: “My perfect GPA students are contacting me worried because they are getting zero job offers.”

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johns code @johnscodedev

a year ago

Essentially the same thing that happened to me. VC's took it down a different path and never hit market fit. The company ended up selling for way below paid-in-capital.

Ian Crosby @ianwcrosby

a year ago

1/8 I’m very sad today to see that @Bench has shut down. I’ve avoided speaking publicly about Bench since just over 3 years ago when I was fired from the company I co-founded. I still don’t have a lot of appetite to talk about it tbh, but think at least a short statement is

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johns code @johnscodedev

a year ago

This has been going on in tech for years

Ashley St. Clair @stclairashley

a year ago

A big shot employment attorney in California called me last night re: H1B visa fraud / trafficking of workers. Here’s what she said: The market is cornered by visa body shops who apply for ~50% of the visas. The economics of it: These body shops are headed by former hiring