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I lost my software engineer job in May and have taken up welding. I'm happy to leave the tech industry — AI has changed it.

A former software engineer, Tabby Toney, shares how getting laid off from her tech job pushed her into starting a new career in welding. read more

Autodesk Weighs Takeover of Engineering Software Firm PTC

Autodesk Inc. is weighing an acquisition of rival engineering-software provider PTC Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. read more

Software engineer goes viral for working at multiple startups at once

Parekh is a software engineer in India who went viral on Reddit and X for working at multiple startup companies at once (which is the concept of overemployment: having multiple full-time jobs with ... read more

How to Become a Software Engineer without a Degree?

Key Takeaways Tech firms now hire based on skills, not degrees.Portfolios, coding challenges, and GitHub matter most to recruiters.Bootcamps, certifications, an ... read more

OpenAI Poaches 4 High-Ranking Engineers From Tesla, xAI, and Meta

The new hires are joining OpenAI’s scaling team, according to an internal Slack message sent by cofounder Greg Brockman. read more

I landed a software engineering job at Slack without a degree. Here's how I taught myself to code and broke into tech.

Jeremiah Peoples doesn't have a college degree. Still interested in tech, he taught himself HTML, JavaScript, and CSS while in the Air Force. read more

The ultimate software engineering abstraction

Someday, we won’t even look at the code that our AI agent produces. We’ll take it for granted, just as we do the assembly code in our software today. read more

How companies are rethinking their vetting of engineering candidates in the age of AI coding tools

Companies are reassessing their hiring process for engineers and developers as AI coding assistant tools take off. read more

Engineer caught juggling multiple startup jobs is a cautionary tale of ‘extreme' hustle culture, experts say

We realized he was working multiple jobs … based on constant large fluctuations in his availability and the quality of his output,” a startup founder told CNBC. read more

An over-employed engineer was caught secretly working for multiple Silicon Valley startups at once—picking up salary offers of up to $200K per job

The saga began on Wednesday when the engineer started going viral on social media as startup founders discovered he had worked for multiple companies. read more

Autodesk weighs takeover of engineering software firm PTC, Bloomberg News reports

Autodesk Inc is evaluating a cash-and-stock deal for rival software maker PTC, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Autodesk's shares fell 2% in trading after ... read more