Tech it Till You Make it
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Engineer + developer. Tweets about tech and other nerdy things. My extrovertish digital persona. You nerd much? Subscribe to TTYM.
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Joined August 2018
@gregisenberg I am one of those "product builders who happen to code". I can see daily that things are happening a different way (and in line with what is mentioned) compared to how it all worked for the past 10 years. Exciting times.
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Repost to share and to save to myself as I completely agree with this. I am one of those "product builders who happen to code". I can feel things going a different way compared to how it all worked for the last 10 years I have been doing what I do professionally.
This chart is nuts. Software developer jobs down 70% from peak. People will blame the end of free money. But something way more interesting is happening. The middle class engineer is dying. And it's dying because they're not needed anymore. One good dev with Github Copilot ships what entire teams did five years ago. Microsoft just reported the highest revenue per employee in history. The "entry-level engineer" doesn't exist anymore. Instead, we have product builders who happen to code. Armed with AI, they ship entire products in days. Meanwhile, the truly elite engineers are making more money than ever. And they've shifted to working mostly on frontier tech. I mean the stuff that's really hard. AGI at OpenAI. Designing rockets at SpaceX. Self-driving car tech at Tesla. Product builders are becoming solopreneurs and creators Frontier engineers are making hedge fund money In 2025, "software engineer" doesn't mean what it meant in 2020. And that's what this chart really shows. The middle is gone. The top is elite status. And everyone else is becoming a builder.
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TTYM doesn't only focus on maker projects and other perhaps more natural topics of interest to the modern nerd. We also talk about the items you carry like, in this case, cool tech backpacks. Back in issue #2 we look at some options. Any recommendation?
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Is this true? "The average distance between asteroids in the asteroid belt is twice the distance between the Earth and Moon". Find out on the last issue of TTYM (hint: it doesn't look at all like on this picture!)
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Tailscale why do I use it and why do you need it? On the last issue of the TTYM newsletter for nerds, makers and techheads.
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NGL it looks a bit weird but then again it's not like we're brushing in public. Image source + review if you're interested:
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It used to be that Nerd + sporty = NaN. Now it is cool to be both. One of the many reasons was the use of screens everywhere. Here's proof. I want one and I don't even cycle all that much.
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This is a real product. Really. From $899 to $1759 you can get you a full head of hair. Doesn't look like it's working though.
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@Rainmaker1973 The most surprising thing of all is that he is a rapper. I'd like to hear his motivational song lyrics.
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15 subscribers in the first week and addicted to growth 😁😁😁. Help a nerd out (content for geeks, nerds, makers tech heads): I'm building this audience in public. Keep an eye out for how I do.
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