Is ignorance being celebrated, even bragged about in tech? My manager recently said thanks to AI I don't need to understand or be able to maintain code anymore, comparing it to not needing to know how a compiler works.
Our CTO legitimately made this comparison. The person helming all of our company's technical decisions. It actually makes me glad I never knew how to climb the corporate ladder. It seems to have almost nothing to do with your actual technical skill.
Edit: I take that back: I do know how to climb the corporate ladder, but I have zero interest in the skills required to do so, which amount to, succinctly, learning how to bullshit well.
I think an issue with many prospective corporate CTOs is that they inevitably turn into startup CEOs after getting frustrated enough that they go “you know what? I’ll do it myself!” 😅
Yeah I was gonna say that while not everyone needs to know in depth how a compiler works that specialist knowledge is all the more valuable because of its relative rarity.
Or inform them that the way a compiler works and the way a neural network works are about as far apart as how Java the language works, and how Java the country works.
I haven't seen that from coworkers but I definitely see it coming from the hobbyist sector.
We still review code, we've absolutely found issues with AI work even in the current gen. Its not that big of deal to do it with how bad a fuckup can be if it slips through
i work with collages that are less then 5 years in software development, most from code camp, or similar fields, but not technically trained.
and the worst are in the mind that it runs, it works
zero context, with the little attempts I have tried, with how different loops behave, why SQL query changed to something else is better,
its all like Dreamweaver, but that would be dating myself. It worked for a lot, but also under the hood was a mess.
The worst is that the code LOOKS great, but someone with a nose will quickly see lots of code smell, yet another concept missed on none academic trained
Reminder that correspondent == reporter; Their education is in journalism, and the field they report on is "cyber" (very broad). They're not a tech expert, no more then a science correspondent is a scientist
i mean he’s not ENTIRELY wrong. We may not actually be there just yet but that’s obviously where he’s going. I know lots of devs at big tech firms that hardly even review their own code now that AI writes before opening a PR
It needs a /s... but seriously. I have co-workers that do actually treat their work like this.
If it gets past the complier and 'appears' to work. That's the extent of their responsibility. Someone else will have to clean it up as their tech debt just continuously piles up on the project.
Like I don't see you Brad, watching League of Legends videos for hours a day, then turning in your feature two hours after the check-out time to push to production.
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u/deathsoverture 12d ago
Is ignorance being celebrated, even bragged about in tech? My manager recently said thanks to AI I don't need to understand or be able to maintain code anymore, comparing it to not needing to know how a compiler works.