Don't be a meat proxy

Re:Don't be a meat proxy by randusername on Monday August 03, 2026 @09:00AM (#49155227)

All paradigm shifts and regime changes happen because of a coalition of people that have nothing to gain and everything to lose by the current system.

But I think we should decouple mediocrity from laziness. I haven't seen any team invest in the mentorship required to develop juniors in years, for example.

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Re:Don't be a meat proxy by strix_varius on Monday August 03, 2026 @10:28AM (#49156280)

The incentives for developing juniors have become misaligned as the expected stay in a company dwindled from decades to years to maybe year.

It would make sense to develop juniors if most of their comp was a four year vest but that doesn't happen until later. And in your first year or two you're usually a net negative... This is even more true with AI.

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