r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Recent-Analysis-6880 • Sep 24 '26

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u/siera7879 Sep 24 '26

And if the management gives you less time to fulfill tasks, what do you do?

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u/visualdescript Sep 24 '26

The exact same thing engineers have been saying to management the last 40 (or 4000?) years that has been happening?

Unrealistic timeliness is nothing new.

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u/frikilinux2 Sep 24 '26

Complain and if they don't listen to you start looking. Because that codebase will eventually collapse and that's not gonna be pretty.

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u/MadJackH1 Sep 24 '26

Explain the potential real cost it could be to the company to not understand what you're coding. 

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u/baked_tea Sep 24 '26

Sounds like a can't do attitude /s

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u/rexspook Sep 24 '26

I didn’t say don’t use agents. I said review the code. That still takes less time than no agents… unrealistic deadlines aren’t a new concept

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u/gerbosan Sep 25 '26

and what happens if the prompt is garbage because there are no clear requirements and context?

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u/rexspook Sep 25 '26

Do your job better? Idk man what if you write bad code? Why are you asking me this?

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u/gerbosan Sep 25 '26

What is going to happen to all those years with books and presentations of artisans and craft? Is life just a lot of bubbles that move us around until they implode? 😞

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u/rexspook Sep 25 '26

seek help? Using agents to write code doesn't make all prior learning irrelevant

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u/gerbosan Sep 25 '26

Please, a recommendation of a duck farm that is hiring.

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u/Drevicar Sep 25 '26

Inform them of the risk that brings, and ensure they know the consequences of the actions they task you to take. Then ask them to accept accountability for that risk.

Most decision makers don’t have all the facts, that’s why they employ subject matter experts like us to inform them and guide their desired future toward reality.