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Why? Is this is because of shame or fear of losing your job?

• jimbokun 6mo ago
  Because the info is no longer in their brain.
• acedTrex 6mo ago
  Because its incredibly embarrassing to admit you can no longer do very basic programming tasks as a "professional" in that field.
  • embedding-shape 6mo ago
    I think it's a matter of what "very basic programming tasks" actually mean keeps sliding across the years. Surely in the beginning, being able to write Assembly was "very basic programming tasks" but as Algol and Fortran took over, suddenly those instead became the "very basic programming tasks". Repeat this for decades, and "very basic programming tasks" might be creating a cross-platform browser by using LLMs via voice dictation.
  • redsocksfan45 6mo ago
    [dead]
  • ryandrake 6mo ago
    Skill atrophy is intrinsically embarrassing, no matter what those skills are. I am embarrassed to admit that I have forgotten a lot of how to hand-optimize C code with inline assembly, even though few people do that anymore.