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Re:Become a 1000x engineer or die tryin by SuoDuanDao on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @09:46AM (#35357215)
Maybe I'm misunderstanding your last sentence - but if churning out boilerplate is something any old engineer can now have an AI do, won't it up the chances that someone previously overlooked makes a brilliant call about what problem to tackle and actually has the resources to execute on that call?
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Re:Become a 1000x engineer or die tryin by mattgreenrocks on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @09:53AM (#35357297)
I'm doubtful. Being effective as dev usually involves a conscious effort to focus on the context of where we are, where we're going, and what's needed to get there. Also, the ability to recognize and avoid rabbit holes.
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Re:Become a 1000x engineer or die tryin by SuoDuanDao on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:36PM (#35359679)
Sure, but isn't zooming out to that 'big picture' perspective a very different skillset from the focus needed to write functional code?
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