WTF this thread is wild. These people literally think 100% of dev jobs need full stack software architect level expertise and also that code can only have two states: correct or incorrect. LOL
That’s a nice strawman you built there, but it’s wrong. The issue is not that “every dev needs to be a senior dev to use AI” nor is it “code is binary: right or wrong” (🥁). The whole point of this article is that new developers are entering the industry but they’re not building the skills that would eventually forge them into senior devs. They’re relying on generative AI for the foundational work, even when assigned a learning exercise by a senior dev, without understanding the “why” behind the output of the LLM they used.
So does the same apply to mathematics and calculators? Tradespeople and power tools? Writers and spellcheck?
It’s a bloody tool, why are people so against it? The same crap happens whenever something new comes out ANYWHERE.
WTF this thread is wild. These people literally think 100% of dev jobs need full stack software architect level expertise and also that code can only have two states: correct or incorrect. LOL
That’s a nice strawman you built there, but it’s wrong. The issue is not that “every dev needs to be a senior dev to use AI” nor is it “code is binary: right or wrong” (🥁). The whole point of this article is that new developers are entering the industry but they’re not building the skills that would eventually forge them into senior devs. They’re relying on generative AI for the foundational work, even when assigned a learning exercise by a senior dev, without understanding the “why” behind the output of the LLM they used.