Re:When I reject AI code even if it works
by timacles on Saturday June 20, 2026 @11:28PM
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> There are some places doing it right, but they already were.
Could you be more specific what "right" is?
> I can't even say it usually doesn't work out long term because I worked with a lot of guys who did this and took a ton of Adderall while working practically around the clock. Every incentive structure in the organizations rewarded it along with social credibility from more junior engineers. (The last cowboy I worked with who pulled this shit ended up becoming the most senior engineer in the company, a multi-millionaire and worshipped like a god by 90% of the mostly fresh grads we were hiring).
I'm having a tough time believing this, it sounds like you're trying to backwards rationalize more productive engineers were "on drugs" and they delivered but "did it wrong"
Could you be more specific what "right" is?
> I can't even say it usually doesn't work out long term because I worked with a lot of guys who did this and took a ton of Adderall while working practically around the clock. Every incentive structure in the organizations rewarded it along with social credibility from more junior engineers. (The last cowboy I worked with who pulled this shit ended up becoming the most senior engineer in the company, a multi-millionaire and worshipped like a god by 90% of the mostly fresh grads we were hiring).
I'm having a tough time believing this, it sounds like you're trying to backwards rationalize more productive engineers were "on drugs" and they delivered but "did it wrong"