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I am an experienced "industry professional" C++ programmer and I tried ChatGPT and Stackoverflow and found it impressing and entertaining, but I don't know how
by snickerer 4y ago
I am an experienced "industry professional" C++ programmer and I tried ChatGPT and Stackoverflow and found it impressing and entertaining, but I don't know how these two platforms would be helpful for my work. I never use them.
When I need to solve a problem I must read the (API's) docs and I must understand it. It would be dangerous and buggy if I would copy 'n paste code from somewhere. I don't think it would even work.
I also can learn from high quality examples by following it and understanding the details. But Stackoverflow is full of questions that feel like someone was too lazy or does not have the skills to read the manual.
But maybe these platforms are good for learning? I am not sure if ChatGPT and SO are good tools to learn to program. Maybe people learn more when they take the time to find a solution by themselves.
- tomlue 4y agoI don't know what you do for your work, but I suspect you haven't used chatgpt/copilot/etc enough to see the benefits. Do you think tab-autocompletion is useful? AI assistants can do that on steroids. Do you ever use example code to learn a new package? ChatGPT does that at a new level. When I hear developers I work with saying stuff like the above, I think it sometimes comes from a place of insecurity. It's ok to find these tools useful, it doesn't mean you aren't an elite programmer. In the end the best developers will find ways to use these tools to learn faster and build better.
- snickerer 4y agoI'll continue to try it. It is not like I think I am totally elite and that's why I don't need code examples. It is just that I in retrospective I see that I did not find much assistance in SO.