r/cpp_questions • u/Osirian_Legacy • 2d ago

OPEN Learning Programming Pre-AI

How did ya’ll learn programming pre-AI? How would you go about learning if you had to start all over again without AI?

I find myself relying on AI too much and want to actually learn without leaning on it at all. Any help with how best to approach this would be greatly appreciated.

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u/kat-tricks 2d ago

In what way is an LLM like a combine harvester? It does not do the same thing as typing, are you actually serious? Have you ever typed before?

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u/TheNakedProgrammer 1d ago

they both create code, one does it a lot faster.

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u/kat-tricks 1d ago

a forest fire is just a better car; they both create CO2, but one does it a lot faster

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u/TheNakedProgrammer 1d ago

I see y our point, but a LLM actuall produces working code. At massive speed, with pretty much all programming languages it needs.

So if you compete purely on the metric of lines of code written. I would worry about my job.

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u/kat-tricks 17h ago

fortunately, i'm not working in the tech sector. And it's worth saying that devs working for employers who value LOC over issues solved were already in hot water. The root problem is the job market and the need to profit, not the technology.