The things that I built in the company, they’re my blood, sweat and tears 😭. I worked on them the past 3 years. All the frustrations, unmet expectations, imperfections, small wins, tensions, improvements, bug fixes, sacrificed weekends, programming manually before AI agents 😭
Not that I’m a boot licker… but I totally understand Saudis’ frustration with foreigners dominating the country. If I were in their shoes, I’d feel the same 😂.
Damn, I just love Saudi.
I’m not just here for the salary, it’s the adventure, the growth… I can feel them here.
The amount of personal and professional growth I acquired here… oh God. The discipline that I had to impose on myself just to survive in my job…
That is why I am emotionally attached to Saudi, it shaped me 😌
I love my province, my home, but I felt bored. It felt like I was living in a cycle.
I’m still introverted here, but it feels like there’s always something to look forward to. There’s always a feeling of wonder and knowing myself better.
it's shocking that software engineering has transitioned to 100% AI written in such a short time.
it's more shocking that somehow we, the SWEs, are all just continuing on as if nothing happened. It writes C++ better than I ever could, but the problem of making sure it works didn't magically disappear. we are just shipping enormously more volume at higher quality.