Re:Become a 1000x engineer or die tryin
by mejutoco on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @09:48AM
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> But it won't make any old engineer a rival to the big names in software engineering.
This stood out, so I looked it up, and it seems Richard Hipp is 61 years old. I guess it is more about the "any" than the "old". Or maybe old engineers are engineers doing it the "old way" (pre-chatgpt)?
Re:Become a 1000x engineer or die tryin
by roel_v on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @09:57AM
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"any old x" is an idiom that references "any random" or "any", indicating x being interchangeable or not special in any way. It has nothing to do with age.
This stood out, so I looked it up, and it seems Richard Hipp is 61 years old. I guess it is more about the "any" than the "old". Or maybe old engineers are engineers doing it the "old way" (pre-chatgpt)?