I’m not a total asshole: After he’s had his “oh shit” moment I give him one more chance to choose. He’s usually a lot better at picking one of the two options on his second try.

I present two options. If my kid doesn’t pick one of those two options, either by not responding or by requesting a third thing, I’m picking one of the two options for him. And I’m always picking what he’s least likely to want.

Or knives.

I’m guessing the work travel involved merchandise they couldn’t put in a carryon, either due to size or other factors.

The CS jobs market fluctuates like any other market. Right this minute all the dumbass CEOs are trying to replace people with AI, just like they’ve repeatedly tried to have cheaper people in India do the jobs in the past.

Having people in India do it used to be called outsourcing, then off shoring, then a few other names, because every time it fails they have to call it something else to try again. The same will happen with AI.

I’m not the slightest worried about my own job, but it is currently a shitty market for fresh grads. Probably due to all the post-covid layoffs saturating the talent pool with more experienced people, and the aforementioned AI fad.