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I recently joined a bank as an IT Quality Analyst, and it's been an overwhelming experience. I feel like I've been working like a donkey for a fraction of what I deserve. My responsibilities include testing all types of software, including some that, frankly, seem poorly shity written by vendors.
The project managers are not helping matter....they push projects through UAT and expect me to sign off on everything as if it’s ready for production. They seem indifferent to how compromised the testing can be. They want me to say all tests passed even when there are unresolved issues. If I do find any failed tests, they expect me to chase after developers for fixes.

As a developer myself, I took on this QA role to explore a new area of IT, but it's clear that this environment is not what I hoped for. The stress is mounting every day, and I find myself wanting to avoid the PMs entirely. It's disheartening to see them receive compensation that feels entirely unwarranted given the pressure they put on the testing process without regard for quality or thoroughness. I need to voice these frustrations because it's becoming hard to stay motivated in a role that feels so misaligned with my values and professional ethics.

I'm so screwed

I don't speak French so I only qualify for remote jobs

bf keeps saying I'm better than I think I am

this one job post is like, "a history of delivering high quality software" uh no one ever has that?

my best bet is to go back to crypto trading. or just run out of money and go be homeless somewhere

doubt I could even solve logic puzzles because my brain is still fucked lol. need to get fat so I can go fasting again because that helped... fucking microglia inflammation for 3 years. but I'm already underweight and now people are skinny shaming me for it even -.-

and I'm coming off the tail-end of someone committing me to a fucking asylum cuz haha crazy people jokes. I'm so mad at that girl. still undergoing withdrawal from the pills which gave me "morbid depression" as I realized lmao. the withdrawal is nothing like my health issues so I don't think I should've even been given those things... inflammation hyperness, tenseness, lack of sleep =\= mania which is just happiness

at least I figured out I'm dependent on eating beef liver every week and that's how I stopped degrading back in January. I'm so tired of being sick and being stuck. I'll die of old age before I endure my way out of all this garbage at this rate

at least my sense of meaning came back. so at least that can comfort me now

really gives me perspective on people who are depressed. I've never in my life been depressed and I can officially say that now, having experienced it from those pills. it's wild to me most people are depressed. they just live like that. without meaning or hope or optimism. no humour 😬

interestingly I now suspect I'm depressed but only in regards to making income for myself. I wonder how that happened. growing up I tried to destroy my optimism because it got me repeatedly into toxic social situations. I gave people more hope than would be rational and the kicker is that I was logically aware of my mistake but I couldn't train myself to have a different personality. I had to catch myself to get out of those situations but I could never be not optimistic, naturally. I could never train the optimism out of myself

but when it comes to income I don't have that same optimism. how did that happen?

everywhere else I feel ok, but in income I'm depressed in my personality

how lol

!dev Applying to jobs is like solving those ground trap puzzles in videogames. lmao. Carefully make sure you solve each tile correctly... and from there you can apply the framework to vacancies.

Nothing makes me laugh more, than knowing that Apple, the iPhone company Apple, the TRILLIONAIRE company Apple,

messed up the UI of the Tahoe.

It's unreal to me, how they can do that. Like, how? just how?

Bank robbers took hostages? Let's just bomb the bank for 2 years.

I'm smart, I'm israeli.

Chrome. Hit F12 and start typing. Those keystrokes used to go into the console, right? I'm not imagining things...

And then some giant free-standing penis decided that instead, the initial focus should be in the search box.

So you type, nothing appears in the console, you focus the console, and carry on.

Then you're wondering why your api calls aren't in the network tab. Caching issues? Event handler crapping out? No, it's because that command you tried to enter ten minutes ago is still in the search box and being used as a filter.

Because someone decided to change the default focus.

As a wise man once said: "who the fuck was that? Who's the slimy little communist shit twinkle-toed cocksucker who just signed his own death warrant?"

Why didn't anyone stop him? In the meeting where he suggested that, why didn't his colleagues grab him by the testicles and drag him out of the building?

Why?

Fuckers.

I bet VSCode only added a central "disable all AI features" checkbox so that they can more easily ignore my preference and forcibly uncheck it on every update. If I had to go around hacking the editor to hide buttons and disable triggers, it would be a lot more work for them to break all those hacks.

!dev I'm currently trying to understand what snek means. Geez, slang these days... it's like fully new alien to me. lol

Guys I can take a lot but Lensflare insulting waffles, I just cannot.

Waffles are the best meal that a man could hope for.

I read that Tesla owners with cars lacking a turn signal stalk can now have one retrofitted – for €660.
What a brilliant business model: charging extra for something that’s standard equipment on literally every other car, even the cheapest little junker.
What’s next?

€500 for rubber trim on the bumpers?
Another €500 for the doors?
€1500 for a physical gear selector?
€2000 for real door handles?
€3000 for physical climate controls?
€4000 for a badge that hides the fact it’s a Tesla.

+ a monthly subscription.

Tesla has truly mastered the art of turning removing features into a premium experience. Innovation!

snek down. Call a medic. Sent you an e-mail, too, retoor.

Haha, Claude speaking the truth to me: https://devrant.molodetz.nl/preview...

Sucker.

By now, I think I can better create my own prompt system to modify source code that directly checks what exactly the changes are between the previous and current code when it comes to business logic. And a checker that actually directly checks for configuration changes.

My magic line `Do literally as i say, nothing more, nothing less` does not really work 100% with the new Claude Sonnet 4.5. I do like this version, I do not use Opus anymore, don't need it. But this one can very unexpected disappoint you.

I really question myself often, how much do they have control over how their model becomes? Is it for them a surprise as well after training? It often feels that way. Because this little flaw, that my magic sentence doesn't work anymore while being so clear, is a big failure. I am pretty sure they are aware that this model listens less good. Afaik I didn't has this issue with the previous sonnet.

am I dead if I just want easy now

what's wrong with me

everything feels too tough

I don't know why but vendoring a dependency locally so I can change whatever I want feels so powerful

Oh, you made all fields private? How about screw you, now they are all public! hehe

I know you won't like it but the world is actually divided between idiotland and normal-land.

Normal-land is between the maas river and the rhine. Everything else is stupid.

I'm honestly tempted to buy an M4 Apple Silicon computer mainly for their ability to run local LLM models with unified ram.

overall I think they are too expensive for the offering, but being able to play around will LLMs without shelling out RTX5090 kinds of money is tipping the balance.

I wonder what apple people experiencies have been?

Hey, I already gave tips on this one. ;p

- Do one thing at a time
- Limit your effort hours (say, keep it to work hours)
- (very important) Keep a steady, hefty pace. Don't study just one hour a day (if you can), study 3 hours per evening or so. The key is to keep it to a long consistency or your brain will just forget
- Have some fun after the effort hours
- Sleep enough (8 hours minimum)

It’s a freaking joy to work with SPM (swift package manager)

I needed to fix a bug in a 3rd party lib, so I just changed how the lib is included from a git url to local file system.

Then I could edit the code of the lib and the changes are immediately reflected in the project. So I could see if the fix is working.

Now that I found a fix, I can make a PR for the lib repo and when it’s merged I switch back from local to git url.

Such an upgrade from traditional package managers such as nuget, npm, cocoa pods, etc.

Another learned job tip:
The way you present yourself matters a ton. People respect mystery, not transparency. You don't need to post every little job you did in the past, wide open. If they ask for it explicitly, sure, give them your job history, but don't put all your little jobs on your CV or you will look like shit and get insta-rejections. Instead, wrap them in a block of 'early jobs' or something.

Learned the hard way.

Git, git, gear! Wanna train with coach Frank?