Judge Orders Government to Begin Refunding More Than $130B in Tariffs

Re:Judge Orders Government to Begin Refunding More Than $130... by tegiddrone on Thursday March 05, 2026 @10:08AM (#47262412)

Yeah, it is an interesting bubble to be in. I worked with a company that could not keep up with the rising SWE salaries and thus attracted a different kind of SWE. I definitely felt the difference in education with the new hires. Reading comprehension/attention was weak. AI will easily replace them, I guess.

Finding the data on this would be convenient but its still unclear to me. I'm not a fan of how that article from NU cites its sources loosely, including lazily citing Wikipedia.

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Re:Judge Orders Government to Begin Refunding More Than $130... by nebula8804 on Thursday March 05, 2026 @10:25AM (#47262681)

>I worked with a company that could not keep up with the rising SWE salaries and thus attracted a different kind of SWE.

Maybe im misunderstanding you but I would think that any level of SWE skill would be a minimum amount of competence such that they wouldn't fall for Trumps tricks? SWE is rearranging bits accordance to logic...so you need to know logic no?

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Re:Judge Orders Government to Begin Refunding More Than $130... by tegiddrone on Thursday March 05, 2026 @10:47AM (#47263019)

Oh, I WISH that was the case but I'd estimate only 10% of SWE would fit your model of minimum competence... and yeah a lot of that 10% are browsing HN. I recall in 2016 asking coworkers why they voted trump. "My 401k" was a frequent answer.

Vibe coding existed long before AI, especially in web/startup/enterprise information systems. You don't need to be a critical thinker to make a successful RoR app.

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