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The AIs have already figured out how to succeed in a software job: 1. Ship bugs 2. Fix them 3. You're the hero!
by jimmy2times 5mo ago
The AIs have already figured out how to succeed in a software job:
1. Ship bugs
2. Fix them
3. You're the hero!
- genghisjahn 5mo agoI thought we were all doing that already?
- flir 5mo agoJesus, dude. There are managers reading this.
- genghisjahn 5mo ago>_<
- OtomotO 5mo agoTake them out of the loop. Unless they are not human.
- josh-sematic 5mo agoI’m guessing you wouldn’t really rather be managed by a bot..,
- OtomotO 4mo agoI am not managed by anyone:p
- joquarky 4mo agoThey became obsolete when they stopped clearing obstacles, stopped masking politics, and started acting as a proxy for JIRA. But it's just they way it has always been done, so they get paid to meddle.
- TeMPOraL 5mo agoWhat do you think they do all day? The larger pattern is not unique to writing code. Think of it next time a reorg comes, or some random thing gets "improved" in the name of "efficiency" only management seems to see.
- pjmlp 5mo agoThe idea is to take the human out of the loop.
- mindcrime 5mo ago> But in 30 days we could put in electronic relays. Get the men out of the loop. > Gentlemen... > I wouldn't trust this overgrown pile of microchips further than I could throw it. I don't know if > you wanna trust the safety of our country to some... silicon diode...
- jimbokun 5mo agoDilbert beat you to it: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/488178/what-does-it-mean-writing-a-minivan https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/488178/what-does...
- dingaling 5mo agoThe non-programmer decomposition of that joke was painful to read. Particularly from those outside the domain who criticised it as a 'not a very good joke' because they didn't understand it, which I think summarises the entitled mindset of many people these days.
- SecretDreams 5mo agoMeanwhile, experienced humans learned to succeed by not overachieving every second of the day to keep a steady flow of work going. Then a junior rolls up who wants to kill themselves to climb the ladder - but, problem solved, sub the AI in for the juniors to protect the seniors.