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To each their own, of course. But > what was the point of it all if i didn’t learn a thing? Money. Freedom. Supporting a family. Doing things faster. Keeping
by spiderice 1y ago
To each their own, of course. But
> what was the point of it all if i didn’t learn a thing?
Money. Freedom. Supporting a family. Doing things faster. Keeping up with changing times. etc..
There are a ton of different answers, and it depends on your goals.
> coding isn’t about the finished product
Again, to each their own.
- oriolid 1y agoHow much did you get paid for this comment? And if not, why was it worth writing?
- bigstrat2003 1y agoOP didn't say money is the only reason things are worth doing, he said that things can be worth doing solely for money. There's a big difference between the two.
- oriolid 1y agoTo each their own.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y agoThis doesn't really make your point more coherent. Would you mind spelling it out?
- prophesi 1y ago> what was the point of it all if i didn’t learn a thing? As a senior software engineer, AI still surprises me with concepts I didn't know about from time to time. I think spending the time to grok the code it generates is about as invaluable as the code's functionality. As in the past, however, nothing's stopping people from copy-pasting code found online and never improving their internal toolkit. AI will not only uphold that status quo, but amplify it exponentially.
- ToucanLoucan 1y ago> As a senior software engineer, AI still surprises me with concepts I didn't know about from time to time. Example?
- prophesi 1y agoThere are ample opportunities to learn more about software development regardless of experience. It's a bit of an n+1 problem. If you're just building CRUD apps, I can understand how one might plateau in their knowledge, but even that can have a broad scope. But for a recent example, I learned to stop worrying and love macros in Elixir. Even `defmodule` and `def/defp` are themselves macros.