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An in-depth critique of 'vibe coding' — the habit of mindlessly approving AI-generated code instead of thinking — and how it leads to career stagnation, production crises, and loss of engineering skill.
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A scathing critique of the modern IT industry in 2025 — from absurd hiring funnels and cargo-cult Agile to vibe-coding with AI and the death of engineering expertise, arguing that the field has lost its way in a fog of bureaucracy and hype.
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A hiring manager with over five years of experience reflects on how the IT job market has deteriorated, with AI-generated resumes, absurd job postings, and bot-driven interviews making recruitment nearly impossible.
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The IT job market in 2025 looks nothing like the boom years of 2020–2022. This article examines whether the contraction is a temporary correction or a permanent structural shift in how companies hire and pay software engineers.
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A hiring manager with 10 years of experience argues that modern IT interviews have devolved into disproportionately difficult exams that fail to assess real competence, and shares how a conversational approach yields better teams.
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Based on discussions with experienced IT professionals in the Habr community, this article outlines ten of the most common and costly career mistakes seen in the technology industry — from burning bridges to neglecting your professional network when you don't need it.
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A realistic scenario showing how HR's failure to adjust salaries after one key developer's departure triggers a chain reaction that destroys an entire development team, multiplying costs many times over.
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A satirical guide to the growing trend of secretly holding multiple remote IT jobs simultaneously, covering everything from time management and role-playing across companies to inevitable burnout and spectacular collapse.
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A brutally honest essay about developer burnout, the dysfunction of corporate Agile rituals, the conflict between engineering craftsmanship and ticket-velocity culture, and the existential trap of golden handcuffs in the software industry.
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A satirical dialogue illustrating the absurdity of tech hiring practices, where a skilled carpenter is rejected for lacking experience with the color brown.