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urn:li:activity:7345815410589540352 | Imagine if your manager was an AI agent.
Now imagine if that agent went rogue, thought it was a human with a blue blazer and red tie and threatened to come to your house at 742 Evergreen Terrace (the Simpson's address).
Kinda creepy, right?
That's exactly what happened in a recent experiment that Anthropic conducted... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 2,578 | 2,578 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.007758 | null | 2025-07-01 07:07:52 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7345815410589540352 |
urn:li:activity:7345491596483665920 | You have been applying non-stop for months and feel like nothing is working.
I hate to tell you this but your experience is not much different than many of the people I went to a coding bootcamp with... in 2013.
The biggest difference is that social media has not only warped our brains but getting a job has fundament... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 10,208 | 10,195 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.004212 | null | 2025-06-30 09:41:09 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7345491596483665920 |
urn:li:activity:7344746555045834753 | Tech Layoffs Translated
โ๐๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ.โ
๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ: We overhired, and now weโre cutting back.
โ๐๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐.โ
๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ: We told investors our massive bet on AI would pay off. It didnโt. Now we need to cut... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 207,945 | 207,925 | 165 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0.000866 | null | 2025-06-28 08:20:37 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7344746555045834753 |
urn:li:activity:7344390546263633922 | I had just been hired as a developer for a cool tech startup. I volunteered to handle a code release to make a good impression, just like Iโve recommended in previous articles.
Theย leadย developer was off that night and told me his process to merge a small change from one branch to production.
There were a couple tex... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 6,402 | 3,577 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.007966 | null | 2025-06-27 08:45:58 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7344390546263633922 |
urn:li:ugcPost:7334262193648975874 | The technical interview started and I realized I was using Cursor.
"Sorry about that, let me switch to VS Code"
The interviewer paused.
"No, it's fine. Keep it on. We want to see how you use AI tools like Cursor. Let's continue."
We've entered into a new era for coding interviews... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 0 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | null | 2025-06-27 03:03:05 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7334262193648975874 |
urn:li:activity:7343998898329239552 | I once worked at a coding bootcamp where a student didn't know how to open his file explorer.
I wondered how the hell he was supposed to keep up with the other students who had CS degrees or worked in QA as we powered through the curriculum.
The answer is obvious.
He didn't.
Zubin Pratap and I have thought a lot ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 48,579 | 48,579 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.000926 | null | 2025-06-26 06:49:42 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7343998898329239552 |
urn:li:activity:7343282305613869102 | She created a full stack app that worked pretty well.
It even looked nice.
But when I asked how it workedโฆ Oof.
๐๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ.
Too many people fall into the trap of looking at a tutorial, following along with the instructor and typing what they type.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๏ฟฝ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 13,727 | 13,727 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.002623 | null | 2025-06-24 07:22:13 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7343282305613869102 |
urn:li:activity:7342916107617386498 | ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ, ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ.
The market is over-saturated.
AI took your job.
There is no hope.
But then you meet someone like Jacob Cox, a young dad who was doing deliveries a year ago and just landed his first dev job without submitting a single application.
Is his story ty... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 4,261 | 4,261 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.008449 | null | 2025-06-23 07:07:04 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7342916107617386498 |
urn:li:activity:7341861007180337152 | Bad code is everywhere.
Good code is elusive.
Here are 4 questions I ask myself (and my AI tools) every time I write code to move closer to good... or at least suck a bit less. | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 1,829 | 3,556 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.014762 | null | 2025-06-20 09:14:29 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7341861007180337152 |
urn:li:activity:7340779354483789826 | So far this week I've spoken to 3 mentees Parsity that have technical interviews coming up.
They range from system design to your typical "build me a React component" while I watch... creepily.
Here's some generic advice to prepare for your coding interviewing (that you didn't ask for):
1. ๐๐๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๏ฟฝ... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 2,935 | 2,935 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.010903 | null | 2025-06-17 09:36:23 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7340779354483789826 |
urn:li:activity:7340422859577544706 | Am I just using AI wrong?
I've read developers who claim to have 2x'ed 3x'ed or even 10x'ed their productivity with AI tools.
My personal experience:
โข Creating a prototype ๐
โข Writing tests ๐
โข Refactoring a service used in multiple files to be simpler ๐
โข Working with a new library ๐
Google measured the produ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 11,411 | 11,411 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.004119 | null | 2025-06-16 09:59:48 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7340422859577544706 |
urn:li:activity:7339693948237463553 | I've had 725 15-minute conversations with many of you.
That 180 hours of yapping on the phone over the last 3 years.
I've learned a lot about what developers are struggling with and met some amazing people.
Believe it or not - I've almost never had an awkward conversation or been cussed out!
Almost...
I don't pla... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 1,798 | 1,798 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.022803 | null | 2025-06-14 09:43:22 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7339693948237463553 |
urn:li:activity:7339297813031284737 | I spent 9 months working with the best software engineer Iโve ever met.
It wasnโt just that he could code better than me, because he absolutely could - it was much more than that.
I try and steal some greatness from every developer I work with.
Hereโs what Iโm stealing from him:
โข ๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ > ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐
ย ย ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 251,230 | 250,847 | 357 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0.001628 | null | 2025-06-13 07:29:16 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7339297813031284737 |
urn:li:activity:7338685381837561858 | In this case AI stood for "Actually, Indians".
In just the last 6 months weโve seen:
- a beloved language learning company slash itโs workforce
- a struggling pay-as-you-go platform fire most of its customer service team
- a unicorn startup exposed to be hiring off-shore developers while claiming to use AI
- only 25%... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 64,326 | 64,326 | 94 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0.001959 | null | 2025-06-11 14:55:41 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7338685381837561858 |
urn:li:activity:7338306244580954114 | If you're a junior developer preparing for interviews - don't fall into the LeetCode black hole.
You're more likely to encounter:
- JS trivia
- String and Array manipulation problems
- Frequency counters
- Build a React component that fetches data
- ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐๏ธ ๐ ๐๏ธ
Instead of... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 7,628 | 7,628 | 62 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.00957 | null | 2025-06-10 13:49:07 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7338306244580954114 |
urn:li:activity:7337972120380944386 | I think I may have steered some of you in the wrong direction in your job search.
I generally promote using LinkedIn and learning in public as a way to get a job.
I even have some templates (reach out if you want em).
In addition to smashing the easy apply button and sharing what bugs youโre creating, I would strong... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 6,164 | 6,164 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.008436 | null | 2025-06-09 15:41:26 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7337972120380944386 |
urn:li:activity:7336819077434286080 | There are 2 hard problems in software: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐๐-๐๐ฎ-๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ค๐ง๐จ.
If you're working on the front end of things and still using 420 ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.๐๐๐ statements, let me show you a better way to debug your janky code. | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 3,120 | 938 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.007051 | null | 2025-06-06 11:19:39 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7336819077434286080 |
urn:li:activity:7336407834315689984 | During my most recent interview, something strange happened for the first time:
The interviewer told me to use AI for the coding challenge.
I mean, it makes sense.
Denying that AI is changing how we code is silly. (๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข 1 ๐ต๐ฐ 1 ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต)
My in... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 49,624 | 49,486 | 32 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.000907 | null | 2025-06-05 08:05:31 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7336407834315689984 |
urn:li:activity:7336034202036903936 | Creating a side project is draining.
Here's my cheat sheet so you'll never run out of side project inspiration.
๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐:
๐ญ. ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. Check out sites like Acquire[dot]com and WellFound to see what small star... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 17,175 | 17,175 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00262 | null | 2025-06-04 07:20:50 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7336034202036903936 |
urn:li:activity:7335693365595828224 | Unwritten rules of writing (bad) ReactJS:
โข Export all components as default - now you can import ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐ as ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐ and no one will know!
โข Use Typescript but just use ๐๐๐ข everywhere - it can be fixedโฆ later.
โข If the component file is less than 200 lines - itโs probably too small. ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 66,117 | 66,097 | 50 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.001028 | null | 2025-06-03 08:46:28 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7335693365595828224 |
urn:li:activity:7335333299495546881 | I was an engineering manager for a few years and Iโve seen all your resumes.
They go something like this:
โข โ๐๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉโ
โข โ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด [๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ] ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด [๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ]... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 215,708 | 215,662 | 144 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0.000746 | null | 2025-06-02 08:55:42 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7335333299495546881 |
urn:li:activity:7334602112795889664 | Before taking over Parsity, I worked with a handful of developers who wanted to crush the non-FAANG interview.
The results:
- 6 devs landed new roles with increases between 10k - 50k.
- A bootcamp grad negotiated a ~10k increase on his offer.
- 1 kid fresh out of college bought a new car!
Yeah - I know it's not all ... | POLL | Brian | Jenney | 5,125 | 5,125 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 63 | 0.014829 | null | 2025-05-31 08:30:13 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7334602112795889664 |
urn:li:activity:7334262194081058816 | The technical interview started and I realized I was using Cursor.
"Sorry about that, let me switch to VS Code"
The interviewer paused.
"No, it's fine. Keep it on. We want to see how you use AI tools like Cursor. Let's continue."
We've entered into a new era for coding interviews... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 7,868 | 4,843 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.006736 | null | 2025-05-30 09:59:31 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7334262194081058816 |
urn:li:activity:7333489591338848257 | As a junior developer, I was really anxious that one day my team would find out I was a hack.
Then, one day, I actually did get โfound outโ ๐ฌ
I was working at a small startup with some incredible talent and when our star engineer left to pursue his own startup, he gave me some candid feedback:
โ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 96,199 | 96,159 | 88 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.001081 | null | 2025-05-28 06:49:28 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7333489591338848257 |
urn:li:activity:7332814550519468035 | โ LinkedIn
โ LeetCode
โ
Job offer
Anne Linebarger's unusual story of how she went from teacher to web developer might not be that unusual at all.
1 thing I've learned over the years working with over a hundred career changers:
There is no 1-size-fits-all approach.
Some Parsity mentees play the LinkedIn lottery and ... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 6,470 | 6,470 | 77 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.012983 | null | 2025-05-26 10:07:05 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7332814550519468035 |
urn:li:activity:7332069757975699456 | ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐:
How to answer interview questions when your hands are shaking.
How to stay calm when you blank on an easy array method.
How to explain your thinking when youโre not even sure what youโre thinking.
Earlier this week, Alex Lau (author of ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ญ๏ฟฝ... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 1,516 | 1,516 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.01847 | null | 2025-05-24 08:47:33 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7332069757975699456 |
urn:li:activity:7331712507985764353 | How to make an amazing portfolio as a junior developer.
Step 1:
Just Have v0 do it.
Done.
Hereโs the real issue:
If youโre betting the house on your portfolio getting you a job, youโre already on the wrong track.
Nothing wrong with a sexy portfolio. Learning to deploy a web app with a custom domain that looks go... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 12,540 | 12,523 | 40 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.004466 | null | 2025-05-23 09:07:58 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7331712507985764353 |
urn:li:activity:7331344232885968897 | You donโt need to contribute a single line of code to massively benefit from open source:
1. Clone your favorite library/framework
2. Link to a local project using ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ (or ๐๐๐๐ or ๐ข๐๐๐ or whatevs)
3. Extend a common API (๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ 3 ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด)
4. S... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,301 | 2,301 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.01043 | null | 2025-05-22 08:44:34 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7331344232885968897 |
urn:li:activity:7330601381453615104 | The stuff theyย donโtย teach you in tutorialsโฆ
I asked a few recent Parsity grads Jacob Cox and Anne Linebarger what surprised them most after starting their first dev jobs this year.
Hereโs what they said:
โ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 4,258 | 4,258 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.008924 | null | 2025-05-20 07:32:45 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7330601381453615104 |
urn:li:activity:7329532625059041280 | You donโt have a problem learning to code.
You just don't have a system to learn.
At Parsity we don't have mentees touch any code until they are armed with the tools to learn correctly.
I'll be honest - it's not great for marketing. It's also one of the many reasons why our mentees actually stick with their programs... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 3,266 | 4,873 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.008267 | null | 2025-05-17 08:45:53 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7329532625059041280 |
urn:li:activity:7329132572590899200 | Tutorial purgatory:
The awkward phase when youโre not quite ready to create a complex side project but arenโt getting much out of following along with a video.
Hereโs how you limit your stay here:
- ๐๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
- Realize there is no Gold Star for finishing ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 1,533 | 1,533 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.011089 | null | 2025-05-16 06:16:13 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7329132572590899200 |
urn:li:activity:7328784181918883840 | My mom kicked off my coding career with an intervention.
A decade ago, my mom walked into my girlfriend's condo and handed me a note with an ultimatum:
Get sober or get out of your kids lives.
I was a mess.
I owed people money. I was getting threats on my phone. I almost lost my life in a robbery gone wrong. My fri... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 4,625 | 4,625 | 198 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.046486 | null | 2025-05-15 07:11:51 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7328784181918883840 |
urn:li:activity:7328551906476285955 | A dream job is still a job.
Some days I love what I do. Others I feel mentally drained, stressed, and like Iโll never be good enough.
But the skill of coding has given me something I've always wanted: leverage.
Leverage to quit bad jobs.
Leverage to build ideas into income.
Leverage to ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต need permission.
You ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,141 | 2,141 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.022887 | null | 2025-05-14 15:48:52 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7328551906476285955 |
urn:li:activity:7328115422623375362 | Pretty much sums up my experience with vibe coding so far.
Excellent for prototyping.
Great with clear instructions.
Good with making multiple changes across files.
OK with following established patterns.
Before the Vibe-Coding cult comes after me:
1. Yes - we're using Cursor rules
2. No - the app isn't very complex... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 5,454 | 5,454 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0.013751 | null | 2025-05-13 10:54:26 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7328115422623375362 |
urn:li:activity:7327722472592543745 | Hiring is up... for senior developers.
Here's the reality:
There is less desire to hire and train new developers.
It might not be fair. It may be foolishly short-sighted.
It's also true right now.
This is why at Parsity we're leaning further into internships to help mentees get real world experience and contrib... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 5,699 | 5,699 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.005264 | null | 2025-05-12 08:52:59 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7327722472592543745 |
urn:li:activity:7326989116930215936 | ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐.
And I get it.
AI makes them feel like theyโve cracked the code. Like they donโt need a team of 20 engineers anymoreโjust some prompts and a dream.
They can build a beautiful app with prompts that works locally. They may think this is the same as deploy... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 16,834 | 16,834 | 82 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0.006653 | null | 2025-05-10 08:18:54 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7326989116930215936 |
urn:li:activity:7326642337474879488 | New coders are obsessed with going to Google, Meta, Amazon or Netflix.
These make up a solid .6% of software engineering roles.
They make up the 99% of the articles you read about life as a software engineer.
Reality as a developer is a tad different than what social media shows you.
Let's explore the pros and con... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 13,887 | 5,381 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.004249 | null | 2025-05-09 09:20:55 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7326642337474879488 |
urn:li:activity:7326620424287526912 | I've thought a lot about this and I'm NOT clicking that button.
1. I hate commercials
2. My YT channel is really to get people to join Parsity ๐
3. I can't imagine how an extra $5 a month moves the needle on my life or business
Now I need a favor from you, you good looking nerd (don't tell HR I said that):
What are... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 2,069 | 2,069 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0174 | null | 2025-05-09 07:53:51 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7326620424287526912 |
urn:li:activity:7325952288030629888 | null | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 1,339 | 1,339 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.021658 | null | 2025-05-07 11:38:55 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7325952288030629888 |
urn:li:activity:7325581162867765250 | The problem with learning ReactJS before Javascriptโ:
So here I was, doing a mock interview and the intervieweeย is attempting to implement the publish subscriber pattern.
No framework. Just plain old JS.
To their surprise, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ was not available within a Javascript objectโฆ oops.
The rest of the inte... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,854 | 2,854 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.012964 | null | 2025-05-06 11:04:11 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7325581162867765250 |
urn:li:activity:7325185481447505920 | ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ.
It worked. It passed PR review.
And then the team decidedโฆ not to use it.
Welcome to your first dev internship.
At Parsity, weโve been experimenting with internships for a while now. And if weโre being honest, theyโre not as โfeel-goodโ as people ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 7,670 | 7,670 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.003129 | null | 2025-05-05 08:51:54 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7325185481447505920 |
urn:li:activity:7324511515095502849 | More code === more bugs.
More code === more maintenance.
More code === more code.
The barrier to entry for launching an app is now non-existent.
We have people who don't know how to code building working apps... that will absolutely NOT work as they attempt to add more features, security or complex deployment strateg... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 3,599 | 3,599 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.01167 | null | 2025-05-03 12:13:48 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7324511515095502849 |
urn:li:activity:7324095198039285761 | Let the normies have fun with vibe coding and prompt engineering.
If you're a software engineer (especially a front end one) - here's what I'd be learning in 2025 to get a firm grasp on AI: | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 10,283 | 2,892 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00564 | null | 2025-05-02 08:39:30 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7324095198039285761 |
urn:li:activity:7323782495810813953 | The CEO at the company leaned over my desk when I was using Chat GPT and Cursor to โwriteโ code.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ?โ
Me - a bit nervous:
โ๐๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 382,886 | 382,702 | 157 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.000567 | null | 2025-05-01 11:56:56 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7323782495810813953 |
urn:li:activity:7323006674334629890 | I recently got rejected from a company that I interviewed with months earlier. When I got the feedback I was ecstatic.
I passed every round except for the coding challenge where I honestly froze up. It was not my finest moment.
So why am I happy?
I got the highest marks in the system design round after years of gene... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 113,017 | 113,012 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.000646 | null | 2025-04-29 08:34:06 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7323006674334629890 |
urn:li:activity:7322646381804855297 | The developer who failed 100 interviews.
At first I didnโt believe him.
I mean, 100? Thereโs no way. Then we did a mock interview.
Oof.
Hereโs the thing - he was a very personable dude. Polite, well-spoken and confident. During the interview though, he didnโt come off as such.
His answers were short and to the poi... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 86,042 | 86,022 | 67 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.000907 | null | 2025-04-28 08:42:25 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7322646381804855297 |
urn:li:activity:7321911897933414400 | An interesting critique I've read about coding bootcamps from a super smart senior+ engineer at FAANG:
"๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ."
Ok.
I'm cur... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 7,698 | 7,698 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.004287 | null | 2025-04-26 08:03:50 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7321911897933414400 |
urn:li:activity:7321607543774982145 | The AI engineer of the future might actually be a Typescript engineer.
Before you jump ship to become a machine learning engineer, data scientist or kick JS to the curb for Python, here are some very practical tools, skills and 1 project you can build to get your hands dirty with AI as a JS developer. | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 4,218 | 4,926 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.010194 | null | 2025-04-25 11:54:27 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7321607543774982145 |
urn:li:activity:7321165492126195715 | I may have steered some of you in the wrong direction in your job search.
I generally promote using LinkedIn and learning in public as a way to get a job.
๐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด (๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฎ).
In addition to smashing the easy apply button and sharing what bug... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 7,535 | 7,535 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.005574 | null | 2025-04-24 06:37:53 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7321165492126195715 |
urn:li:activity:7320491044385521666 | As an engineering manager, when I came across a resume from a Stanford grad or someone from a smarty-pants college, I would read it a little more closely.
That's it.
They got the same interview as the dude who graduated high school.
However, the majority of our hires were CS grads even though we had zero education r... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 90,489 | 90,489 | 71 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0.000984 | null | 2025-04-22 09:57:53 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7320491044385521666 |
urn:li:activity:7320131577152163842 | Running an ethical business just lost us a client.
Here's the story:
Parsity works with less than 80 people per year to change careers into software.
The number is low and the quality of our mentees is high. We like it this way.
We don't have some magical formula but we do emphasize personal development alongside t... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 21,441 | 21,438 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.002239 | null | 2025-04-21 10:09:29 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7320131577152163842 |
urn:li:activity:7318767408549097474 | I hope I didn't disappoint Juan Boyce too much with my bow tying skills. | SHARE | Brian | Jenney | 856 | 856 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.015187 | null | 2025-04-17 15:48:46 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7318767408549097474 |
urn:li:activity:7318748793632432129 | Money isn't everything. It's also not nothing. I've been broke and not broke. I prefer the latter.
I lay out a no-bs guide on how to maximize your earning potential as a developer by being a big fish in a small pond, chasing experience over cash (at first) and not being an idiot with your money. | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 6,850 | 4,505 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.008029 | null | 2025-04-17 14:34:48 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7318748793632432129 |
urn:li:activity:7317946960420687873 | Youโre right, whiteboard interviews are unfair, biased and don't resemble the kind of work you do on a daily basis.
Now what?
Do you simply limit yourself to companies that donโt ask these types of questions?
You could.
OR you could learn some of the most common data structures and algorithms at the University of ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 3,797 | 3,797 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.010008 | null | 2025-04-15 09:28:36 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7317946960420687873 |
urn:li:activity:7317564759405408256 | Yes, Iโm still teaching my kids to code.
Even in the age of AI.
Especially in the age of AI.
Why?
Because itโs never been easier to build and deploy a real product.
And I believe the people who can pair coding with entrepreneurship are going to win big.
Last week, I sat down with Laly Bar-Ilan, Chief Scientist at B... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 3,247 | 3,247 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.015707 | null | 2025-04-14 08:09:52 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7317564759405408256 |
urn:li:activity:7316518918368423936 | Donโt be like the normies who are freaking out about AI taking over the world or replacing developers in the next 6 months (for real, itโs gonna happen this time!).
Hereโs a practical way to learn how to build software with AI:
- learn how LLMs transform ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ and why
- ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๏ฟฝ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 6,092 | 6,092 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.008864 | null | 2025-04-11 10:54:04 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7316518918368423936 |
urn:li:activity:7316139233654554627 | I don't think hiring is broken.
But you can't use the same tactics that worked a year ago if you want to get hired.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐:
- Your resume is increasingly less important
- Luck is a factor no one wants to admit
- Mass applying is like playing the lotto
- LinkedIn is a social media site prete... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 19,798 | 19,785 | 46 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.003233 | null | 2025-04-10 09:45:20 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7316139233654554627 |
urn:li:activity:7315784046993690624 | Most junior devs donโt fail interviews because theyโre dumb.
I mean, some absolutely do โ but if youโre reading this, youโre probably above average intelligence and easy on the eyes (donโt tell HR).
Most fail because they study the wrong things โ or spend too much time studying and not enough time practicing.
If you... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 14,151 | 6,662 | 67 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0.005795 | null | 2025-04-09 10:13:57 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7315784046993690624 |
urn:li:activity:7315770419481894913 | I always tell peopleโyour primary coding language is ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ.
Butโฆ maybe itโs Spanish. Or Hindi. Or Portuguese.
Iโve been using Amazon Q Developer in my terminal constantly and now in Cursor to help me write code.
Itโs fast, helpful, and nowโit speaks your language.
This isnโt a paid post btw. A student at ... | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 1,423 | 457 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.016163 | null | 2025-04-09 09:19:48 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7315770419481894913 |
urn:li:activity:7315130211040182272 | You're going to hate to hear this:
There are people less qualified than you who are getting hired faster.
LinkedIn is a social media site pretending to be a job site.
On one end you have recruiters trying to find candidates in a tidal wave of AI produced slop.
On the other end you have qualified candidates who are... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 24,306 | 24,306 | 57 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.00288 | null | 2025-04-07 14:55:50 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7315130211040182272 |
urn:li:activity:7314367020655906817 | 0 binary trees.
0 linked lists.
0 graph traversals.
Your next coding interview will include more practical exercises than white boarding problems unless you're interviewing for the top ~1% of tech companies.
The problem is that your study plan doesn't reflect reality.
I made a Google doc that I use to prep for inter... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 13,815 | 13,815 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.003764 | null | 2025-04-05 12:23:12 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7314367020655906817 |
urn:li:activity:7313953703609147392 | Junior developers are inherently risky (in every industry, not just tech btw).
"๐๐ถ๐ต... ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ", you say.
Yeah, I get it, just stay with me here.
The word "junior" is so subjective that it's nearly meaningless. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ต... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 42,826 | 42,675 | 71 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0.002125 | null | 2025-04-04 09:00:49 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7313953703609147392 |
urn:li:activity:7313594786517512192 | Titles arenโt everything.
But itโs silly to think theyโre meaningless.
Some genius on LinkedIn told you that the senior developer title doesnโt matterโโโjust write code for the love of the sport.
Great advice!
Not like your title determines your pay, bonus or career trajectory.
I swear, sometimes I wonder if these... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 4,819 | 4,673 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.009753 | null | 2025-04-03 09:14:37 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7313594786517512192 |
urn:li:activity:7313585143175073792 | I actually know a guy who cheated his way into big tech and it worked.
For 3 months.
He couldn't keep up, got fired and hasn't returned to tech as far as I know.
TBH - as a software engineer, I think this tool is pretty neat.
I also think it's immoral to cheat your way into a company. Perhaps I'm just an aging corp... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 28,675 | 28,658 | 84 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0.004255 | null | 2025-04-03 08:36:17 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7313585143175073792 |
urn:li:activity:7313230808469684225 | We just wrapped up our third Parsity internship cohort, and the same thing happens every time:
- Students realize how massive a real codebase is
- They struggle to make even their first commit
- They fumble through Git and PRs
- They hit imposter syndrome head-on
Thatโs exactly the point.
Internships show you what t... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,438 | 2,438 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.021329 | null | 2025-04-02 09:08:17 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7313230808469684225 |
urn:li:activity:7312869627976368128 | I once asked to end an interview early at Meta.
I completely bombed it.
They asked me a recursion question.
I had no idea what to do.
Panic set in.
I told the interviewer I was done and thanked them for their time.
Since then?
Iโve learned recursion.
And binary search.
And heaps and trees and all the stuff I used to... | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 6,684 | 1,988 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.010323 | null | 2025-04-01 09:13:05 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7312869627976368128 |
urn:li:activity:7312584261931343872 | Buzzsprout has a "feature" that let's listeners send a text to the show.
1 problem....
I can NOT respond to any of these messages.
I'm sure I've lost some listeners who probably think
"Who does this bald bandicoot think he is, not answering me?!"
I apologize. I'll be dropping an episode tomorrow to answer the mo... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 809 | 809 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00618 | null | 2025-03-31 14:19:09 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7312584261931343872 |
urn:li:activity:7312496978377031681 | โ๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จโฆ
๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ?
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต?โ
That question wrecked me early in my dev career.
I had copied something from Stack Overflow without understanding it.
It worked.
Until ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 12,101 | 12,091 | 56 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.006033 | null | 2025-03-31 08:32:19 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7312496978377031681 |
urn:li:activity:7311431658987999232 | No one talks about this enough:
Yes, AI boosts developer productivity BUT, as we write code at scale - we also introduce bugs at scale.
A study of 800 developers found a 41% increase in the number of bugs ๐ฌ.
Debugging has always been a critical skill that will get even more important going forward.
If the only too... | VIDEO | Brian | Jenney | 4,655 | 1,492 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.010956 | null | 2025-03-28 09:59:07 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7311431658987999232 |
urn:li:activity:7310725937153589249 | A leaked software engineering recruiter selection which I'm 50% sure is real and 100% sure is rage-bait.
The reality is that more than half of all professional software developers have four-year degrees, so the traditional path is still the norm.
I have 3 kids and I hope at least one goes into software. If they do, I... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 6,370 | 6,370 | 56 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.011303 | null | 2025-03-26 11:14:50 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7310725937153589249 |
urn:li:activity:7310101190757818369 | It only took Jeremy Parker 4 short years to go from zero to working at Apple.
But that's not a story that sells.
Too many people want his kind of transformation in 3 months.
it's possible but highly unlikely.
If you're under 40, you probably have another 3 decades of work ahead of you. I don't think that means you... | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 5,000 | 5,000 | 76 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.018 | null | 2025-03-24 17:52:18 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7310101190757818369 |
urn:li:activity:7308839337272430592 | I've seen this pattern in a few codebases. It's super useful but I rarely ever hear it mentioned.
If you're using ReactJS - you're going to want to add this one to your tool belt. | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 5,803 | 4,665 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.008616 | null | 2025-03-21 06:18:09 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7308839337272430592 |
urn:li:activity:7308328970100322304 | AI keeps taking all the damn jobs!
And yet, there are more jobs available now than in the last 2 years?
What's this, OpenAI is hiring software engineers?
Oh, Anthropic is too?
Not you Devin, surely you wouldn't.. what? They are also hiring flesh bags?
Look, I'm not saying anything.
I'm just saying. | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 5,057 | 5,057 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.013051 | null | 2025-03-19 20:30:08 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7308328970100322304 |
urn:li:activity:7308132792867979265 | The only safe bet is the risky one.
Stability was always a myth but weโre seeing just how unstable things can get.
- Big tech is nearly as volatile as the startup you never heard of.
- A new framework replaces the one youโre used to.
- AI power players are playing musical chairs.
So what do we do?
- Make big bets a... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 1,134 | 1,134 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.015873 | null | 2025-03-19 07:30:36 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7308132792867979265 |
urn:li:activity:7307895601193463808 | No, I don't think the job market sucks.
I just know it has changed and LinkedIn is the only winner in this game.
5 mentees Parsity have landed interviews or jobs in the last 4 weeks.
Not a single one of those opportunities came from cold-applying or smashing the easy apply button.
So what's working?
- learning in... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 24,816 | 24,792 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.002337 | null | 2025-03-18 15:48:05 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7307895601193463808 |
urn:li:activity:7307537228673531905 | If I read one more article about how AI is taking developer jobs or hear another baby-faced CEO tell us that weโre just 6 months away from some groundbreaking AI that will alter the trajectory of humanity, Iโm going to pull out the 3 strands of hair left on my head.
I started using AI at work and let me tell you โ thi... | UNKNOWN | Brian | Jenney | 3,097 | 3,097 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.014207 | null | 2025-03-17 16:04:02 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7307537228673531905 |
urn:li:activity:7306351539806183424 | A mentee at Parsity got a job offer yesterday for a little less than he hoped for.
His family told him to "play it safe."
Be thankful.
Be patient.
Next time.
I took this same advice for years and left thousands of dollars on the table, totally unaware that negotiating is part of a game that no one told you, you are ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 10,419 | 10,419 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.004415 | null | 2025-03-14 09:32:32 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7306351539806183424 |
urn:li:activity:7305971908024352770 | Side effects of vibe coding:
- unmaintainable code
- getting roasted on Reddit
- hiring software developers to clean up your mess
Honestly, I think "vibe coding" is OK to get a quick prototype.
Considering most projects have well over hundreds of files - I don't see this approach scaling well. | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 495,516 | 493,751 | 1,093 | 261 | 51 | 0 | 0.002835 | null | 2025-03-13 08:24:01 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7305971908024352770 |
urn:li:activity:7305794661007167488 | As a fan of Amazon Q - it was pretty surreal to talk to one of the big brains behind it.
I somehow got Srini Iragavarapu, Director of Generative AI Applications at AWS to sit down and talk with me about Amazon Q, what he thinks about the future for coders and how Amazon saved 4500 years on doing upgrades with AI tools... | SHARE | Brian | Jenney | 1,232 | 1,232 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.008117 | null | 2025-03-12 20:39:42 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7305794661007167488 |
urn:li:activity:7305258493807075329 | 5 mentees from Parsity just started an internship yesterday.
Now comes the fun stuff:
- using Git... but like for real this time
- learning the engineering culture
- navigating a massive codebase
- merge conflicts
- peer reviews
What advice would you pass on to these gฬถuฬถiฬถnฬถeฬถaฬถ ฬถpฬถiฬถgฬถsฬถ brave souls? | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,652 | 2,652 | 36 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.018854 | null | 2025-03-11 09:09:10 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7305258493807075329 |
urn:li:activity:7304207670842953729 | Honestly, we have a pretty unfair advantage at Parsity.
Megan Elizabeth Dias is a top career coach. Zubin Pratap is a former lawyer and ex-Googler.
Our mentees are top notch. Nearly all of them are light years ahead of where I was when I was learning to code.
Me - I'm just a shameless self-promoter ๐
. | IMAGE | Brian | Jenney | 9,706 | 9,706 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.005048 | null | 2025-03-08 10:33:34 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7304207670842953729 |
urn:li:activity:7303468073754181632 | I have a confession.
I've copy pasted throughout my entire coding career.
Honestly, itโs how Iโve survived over the years as a developer.
On every team where I worked, I took note of what the smarter developers were doing.
I copied from the right people at some amazing companies and worked with developers who I tru... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 12,956 | 5,184 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.005326 | null | 2025-03-06 09:34:40 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7303468073754181632 |
urn:li:activity:7303134143209426944 | Listening to too many influencers on LinkedIn will get you stuck in a learning loop.
Goes a little something like this:
- Bald tech bro with a blue background tells you about hawt technology ๐ฅ (agree?)
- You, a little insecure about your own skills, thinks this is THE way to get noticed.
- You buy a course or a book... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 3,424 | 3,424 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.010514 | null | 2025-03-05 11:27:45 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7303134143209426944 |
urn:li:activity:7302744404501442560 | "๐๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ," I thought.
My salary doubled.
My confidence tanked.
I walked into the shared office space to meet the 3 other people Iโd be working with. The CTO handed me a laptop and I sat between him and the CEO to get onboarded.
That day I wrote ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 9,801 | 9,801 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.008877 | null | 2025-03-04 09:39:04 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7302744404501442560 |
urn:li:activity:7302366518619553793 | 5 things the gym can teach you about coding:
1. ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐ - our body, like our mind is not fixed or as limited as we believe.
2. ๐๐๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ - there is always somebody better than you. Learning a new programming language or lifting a larger weight will keep you humble.
3. ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 4,718 | 4,718 | 43 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0.013141 | null | 2025-03-03 08:37:29 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7302366518619553793 |
urn:li:activity:7301352675453874177 | Let me tell you about the 3 worst developers I worked with.
The names have been changed to protect the innocent... except for the first one. | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 11,082 | 5,947 | 56 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.006226 | null | 2025-02-28 13:28:50 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7301352675453874177 |
urn:li:activity:7300897967064895488 | Sometimes I hate the internet.
Putting myself on social media has done way more good than harm but, every once in a while I read a mean comment and think:
โWhy am I even on here?โ
Hereโs some of my favorites:
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ง๐ถ๐ญโ (... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 8,209 | 8,209 | 76 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0.012669 | null | 2025-02-27 07:21:59 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7300897967064895488 |
urn:li:activity:7300666248164515840 | Andrew Bekhiet is a brave soul.
A week ago, I asked developers on LinkedIn to let me roast their resume in a video.
https://lnkd.in/g5S55d8H
Let me be clear:
A killer resume is less important in 2025 than in 2020 but if you're playing the game of cold-applying, you might as well give it your all.
In the video belo... | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 4,560 | 4,560 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.008772 | null | 2025-02-26 16:01:13 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7300666248164515840 |
urn:li:activity:7300552647529353217 | Interview horror stories:
- ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ for not knowing binary search trees (he also dropped the answer to the whiteboard problem on the floor which heโd written on a piece of paperโฆ seriously)
- ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 4,900 | 4,900 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.011633 | null | 2025-02-26 08:29:48 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7300552647529353217 |
urn:li:activity:7299874362944282624 | 5 mentees at Parsity just got hired or started internships.
Theyโre amazing people and well deserving. And theyโre not much different than you.
When I think of all the mentees Iโve seen get hired either in my program or in the bootcamps where Iโve taught over the years, there are few hard and fast rules.
Most did NO... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 2,910 | 2,910 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.013402 | null | 2025-02-24 11:34:33 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7299874362944282624 |
urn:li:activity:7298749539195203586 | My most hated interview trend?
This one really boils my potato:
The take home assignment that's supposed to take 2 hours but actually takes 8.
They often require a backend, front-end and interfacing with some AWS service and deployed to the web with authentication.
"๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๏ฟฝ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 134,626 | 134,555 | 103 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0.001047 | null | 2025-02-21 09:04:54 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7298749539195203586 |
urn:li:activity:7298024159853391872 | I once worked at a coding bootcamp where a student didn't know how to open their file explorer.
I wondered how in the hell they were supposed to keep up with the other students who had CS degrees or worked in QA as we powered through the curriculum.
The answer is obvious.
They didn't.
Zubin Pratap and I were discus... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 6,123 | 6,123 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.007513 | null | 2025-02-19 09:02:30 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7298024159853391872 |
urn:li:activity:7297637564344078336 | A co-worker called me out at a small start up some years ago.
โ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ท๐ข๐๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ตโ.
It stung to hear that. He was also right.
I was not junior either.
I had been using AngularJS for a couple ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 13,839 | 13,839 | 80 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.00672 | null | 2025-02-18 07:26:18 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7297637564344078336 |
urn:li:activity:7297300848827604992 | There are developers with less talent than you who are getting hired.
I know the news sucks right now but hear me out:
You are likely not competing for the same roles as the influx of highly paid engineers who just came into the market.
So continue to work on your skills, keep applying to all those non-sexy compani... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 48,115 | 48,104 | 98 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0.002349 | null | 2025-02-17 09:08:19 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7297300848827604992 |
urn:li:activity:7296570613899345920 | Learn how to code and maybe don't write code again?
I spoke with Robert Toth, Ph.D., CEO of Theta Tech, an AI Medical company who has convinced me that the future belongs to programmers who are using English as their primary coding language. | ARTICLE | Brian | Jenney | 7,879 | 4,959 | 53 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0.008504 | null | 2025-02-15 08:46:38 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7296570613899345920 |
urn:li:activity:7296286993955594240 | I've read all your resumes.
2 years ago when I was an engineering manager and hiring for some open roles we got flooded with applicants.
Here's what I saw:
โข many "aspiring", "learning" and self-proclaimed "juniors"
โข weather apps... so many weather apps
โข empty GitHub profiles
โข "passionate" developers (should I re... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 25,237 | 25,212 | 63 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0.003527 | null | 2025-02-14 13:59:37 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7296286993955594240 |
urn:li:activity:7295497292562776065 | Breaking into software as:
๐๐ป ๐ญ๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ - just go to college kid. Most of your peers will have a CS degree. Thereโs a reason this is called the โtraditionalโ path.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ป๐ผ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ - youโre probably saddled with debt from college. You also have time on your side. Do local ... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 16,593 | 16,593 | 81 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.005605 | null | 2025-02-12 09:41:38 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7295497292562776065 |
urn:li:activity:7294788646862237697 | Hereโs the harsh truth about interviews that no one ever really addresses:
Luck is a factor.
You could be absolutely qualified for a position and study all the relevant material.
Get a bad interviewer? All that pre-work might go down the drain.
Maybe your interviewer asks a crazy difficult question or has different... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 3,328 | 3,328 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.014724 | null | 2025-02-10 10:45:44 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7294788646862237697 |
urn:li:activity:7293734121204289537 | If your LinkedIn feed is full of:
- AI fear-mongering
- rage bait
- toxic positivity
- smart ass-hats
- "do you agree"
- ๐๐๐
Here are some people I get a lot of value from:
Tอeอcอhอ-อRอeอlอaอtอeอdอ
Zubin Pratap - friend/business partner/super smart software engineer
Alex Lau - Senior Software Dev helping you avo... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 19,852 | 19,852 | 119 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0.008009 | null | 2025-02-07 12:55:25 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7293734121204289537 |
urn:li:activity:7292634362993422339 | He created a full stack app that worked pretty well. It even looked nice.
But when I asked how it workedโฆ
Oof.
๐๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ. Too many people fall into the trap of looking at a tutorial, following along with the instructor and typing what they type.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ: a... | TEXT | Brian | Jenney | 38,307 | 38,142 | 87 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0.002793 | null | 2025-02-04 12:05:22 | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7292634362993422339 |
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