
Teshawk
494 posts










Kid graduated with a 3.9 GPA in CS and $167k in debt three weeks ago Been rejected from 623 entry-level positions Not ghosted. Actively rejected. With feedback. "Position filled by AI automation." "Role eliminated during digital transformation." "Headcount frozen pending workflow optimization." His algorithms professor said he was top 5% of his cohort His data structures final project got him a recommendation letter from the department head None of it matters because every company posting "entry-level software engineer" actually wants someone with 4+ years of AI prompt engineering experience The brutal part: he keeps getting auto-rejected by ATS systems built by the same companies that won't hire him His parents refinanced their house for his senior year tuition Last week he started learning how to drive for Uber The American dream just got automated out of existence and nobody in Congress gives a shit about $167k in debt that can't be discharged in bankruptcy His Stanford CS degree is now worth less than a CDL license

I didn’t think I was “smart” when my IQ was tested at 145 Nor when I scored a 760 on my GMAT Not until seeing Google executives several levels above me try to articulate why James Damore was wrong in writing his Diversity Memo did I realize I was the adult in the room










A Chinese student who got into college showed off all the practice materials she had done in school...

Most of the anti-AI panic is not really about safety. It is about status. People can tolerate new tools. What they cannot tolerate is becoming less special. 🙄



Both xAI and Meta seem to be falling behind, based on the Grok 4.2 benchmarks and this reporting. Frontier AI models are really a three way race at this point.


Tesla Just Made the Biggest Bet in Industrial History *** thanks to @DavidCarbutt_ and team for the edit.










