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Anything that feels "techy" but doesn't require practice, study, or math is always going to be a magnet for grifters who were doing beer bongs while others were
by gensym 3y ago
Anything that feels "techy" but doesn't require practice, study, or math is always going to be a magnet for grifters who were doing beer bongs while others were learning to code.
(Edit: I'm not trying to imply anything about the linked author of this piece. They actually do have code examples!)
- zemo 3y agothe idea that learning to code is virtuous and having fun is bad needs to go away. Lots of people learned to code AND did beer bongs.
- airstrike 3y agoalso lots of people didn't learn to code and did not do beer bongs... and despite knowing those two attributes, we know nothing about them
- kuhewa 3y agoI think the point is some people didn't do the former
- gensym 3y agoThen clearly I'm not talking about them. FWIW, I don't think learning to code is inherently virtuous. I do think putting in the time to be good at something is more virtuous than trying to find the easiest way to latch onto whatever the hot new industry is, which is my impression of most prompt engineering at this point.
- dmingod666 3y agoIt's not about fun. Nuance is the key differentiator. Conscientiousness is (correctly, imo) valued because correctness matters (a lot).
- moffkalast 3y agoYou guys aren't having fun coding?
- drewcoo 3y ago> a magnet for grifters who were doing beer bongs while others were learning to code My experience as a test dev is that testers, especially the ones who can't code, are into credentialism and overly-technical taxonomies that describe their field. I claim people who can't do get certified (and those who make money from the certifiables teach).