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Re:Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998) by jrpelkonen on Monday January 15, 2024 @02:05PM (#39004703)
Personally, I’d like to see the data/research behind the “3x” claim to buy it. Especially when it is hard to imagine Sam Altman as an unbiased observer when it comes to benefits of AI.
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Re:Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998) by iskela on Monday January 15, 2024 @04:07PM (#39006119)
One angle to these multipliers would be this: A generalist programmer can take other tasks of sw-engineering than just programming with the support of ChatGPT. Like DevOps, DBA and test-automation. For small team or company that is then actually saving or postponing FTE hires
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