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Re:Ask HN: SWEs how do you future-proof your career in light... by hnthrowaway6543 on Monday December 16, 2024 @11:10AM (#42432332)
> Explaining code, reviewing code, writing code, writing test, writing tech docs.

people using GPT to write tech docs at real software companies get fired, full stop lol. good companies understand the value of concise & precise communication and slinging GPT-generated design docs at people is massively disrespectful to people's time, the same way that GPT-generated HN comments get downvoted to oblivion. if you're at a company where GPT-generated communication is the norm you're working for/with morons

as for everything else, no. GPT can explain a few thousand lines of code, sure, but it can't explain how every component in a 25-year-old legacy system with millions of lines and dozens/scores of services works together. "more context" doesn't help here

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