So, this might sound a little odd, but I kinda freaked out when you said this cats name. Because I have a cat named Nimbus that isn’t as chonky, but is a ragdoll like this cat. They look like they could be related lol

What a majestic creature

He was checking on his covfefe supply before a CostCo run.

moar

Ok boomer

At the end of the article is this gem, where we also learn he’s probably a bonafide LinkedIn Lunatic;

Stirrup himself is an enthusiastic AI evangelist: Last month, he also counselled laid-off employees to use Copilot to catalog their skills and accomplishments at the company.

I’m a senior full stack dev, 22 years into it. I lost my job 16 months ago due to federal funding cuts killing a project I was specifically hired to build.

I have landed a total of 5 interviews since then. Rejected or ghosted. I’ve stopped tracking the number of applications/resumes I have submitted, but as of this past July, it was close to 150.

I think my time in this line of work is done. I’m looking at finding a different type of work that isn’t so completely fucked up from AI and the (very public) fascist takeover of the open source ecosystem.

I’ll still code, but it’ll be on my terms. No AI, no deadlines. Just like how it started for me a long time ago.