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[–] FearfulSalad@ttrpg.network 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This assumes that Jr Dev wanted to be trained, and could be trained. I've known some AI-brain "devs" from before AI was a thing.

If someone can't be bothered to read an error message, can we really be expected to teach them how to debug? Etc.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Yeah. Several of us tried to train him. He was not only not as good as he seemed in the interview, he didn't care to learn.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh a "what the hell's an error message" Dev. I thought they all died out

[–] FearfulSalad@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 week ago

There's a tsunami of them coming, and they will all beach in the Great AI Outage of 2028, just you wait.

[–] DireTech@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Ha no. There are a ton of new juniors like that.