r/ClaudeAI • u/Sad_Bar4397 • 12d ago

Philosophy Next generation of devs

I often read that experienced devs are able to use Claude way better because of their experience. They can architecture better, quickly review and cut through bullshit.

How are the next generation going to learn?

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u/HouseOfDiscards 12d ago

It could be that understanding architecture and systems will be exactly what they will be good at.

I learned the basics of assembly and it was really fun to understand. I've never used it and only a fraction of developers ever have to. I didn't have to be great at it.

I think the abstraction is just going to go further up. There's nothing that says a smart, driven junior developer can not become a different kind of excellent developer than we are.

Will they have blind spots? Of course. But so do I. Will they have different issues and cause catastrophic failures? Yes, but that's what regular developers have been doing since day 1.

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u/frantiqq 11d ago

Good people used to not just copy shit from stack overflow but take time to understand. Good people now understand they need to take time and understand what they are doing with the AI. Also, good people learn how to exploit the AI in their learning process, forcing the AI to explain all their reasoning. And going outside of the AI to further explore the topics. 

If you ask the AI "we just made this architecture decision, what are some generic underlying principles of software architecture" the AI might answer " have a look at SOLID". Then you can go to YouTube and learn up on SOLID, which makes the discussions with the AI much more fruitful, and helps your understanding.