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Yes you can. Until managers and CEOs demand that you use those tools or you're fired. Whenever I sent such a bad project, I think of what may happen in the next

Yes you can. Until managers and CEOs demand that you use those tools or you're fired. Whenever I sent such a bad project, I think of what may happen in the next 5 years and its dreadful. We're professionals after all. And BTW it's already happening, it's not a fantasy.

dewey 1y ago
You can both write hacky projects in your free time and write good, well-tested code in your professional life. It’s not that deep.
- qingcharles 1y ago
  This is how I've always coded. My own projects are like freeform doodles on scrap paper. My professional work is completed, polished commissions.
lumbroso 1y ago
Disposal8433, I am not unsympathetic to your point, but I think that bad managers and CEOs are bad managers and CEOs. For instance at Boeing, the fault of software problems lies entirely on the managers: They made the decision to subcontract software engineering to a third party to cut cost, but also they didn't provide the contractor with enough context and support to do a good job. It's not subcontracting that was bad — because subcontracting can be the solution in some circumstances and with proper scoping and oversight — it was the management. The MCP protocol is changing every few weeks, it doesn't make sense (to me at least) to professionalize a technical demo, and I appreciate that LLMs allow for faster iteration and exploration.
barbazoo 1y ago
What someone builds privately using AI has nothing to do with what expectations organizations decide to put on their employees. This isn't something that will make it into a professional context so who cares if it is in fact shit?! Imagine a woodworking forum and someone being called out for showing off their little 6 piece tool box and someone saying how this doesn't adhere to residential building code and what this does for the profession of woodworkers...

dewey 1y ago

You can both write hacky projects in your free time and write good, well-tested code in your professional life. It’s not that deep.

qingcharles 1y ago
This is how I've always coded. My own projects are like freeform doodles on scrap paper. My professional work is completed, polished commissions.

lumbroso 1y ago

Disposal8433, I am not unsympathetic to your point, but I think that bad managers and CEOs are bad managers and CEOs. For instance at Boeing, the fault of software problems lies entirely on the managers: They made the decision to subcontract software engineering to a third party to cut cost, but also they didn't provide the contractor with enough context and support to do a good job. It's not subcontracting that was bad — because subcontracting can be the solution in some circumstances and with proper scoping and oversight — it was the management. The MCP protocol is changing every few weeks, it doesn't make sense (to me at least) to professionalize a technical demo, and I appreciate that LLMs allow for faster iteration and exploration.

barbazoo 1y ago

What someone builds privately using AI has nothing to do with what expectations organizations decide to put on their employees. This isn't something that will make it into a professional context so who cares if it is in fact shit?! Imagine a woodworking forum and someone being called out for showing off their little 6 piece tool box and someone saying how this doesn't adhere to residential building code and what this does for the profession of woodworkers...