1 week ago
AI will never name its classes or projects as cool as I do. I can prompt it, kick it, push it – but it will never be as cool as the ones that I give it. Never be steeped in so much meaning from what the team has been through that only they get the inside joke. Maybe one day. But not for a while, hopefully for a long time, because this and our cool variable naming is what makes our code amazing.
2 weeks ago
I still write documentation and/or review it. There is still a need for it. Whether it’s done quickly by AI, reviewed by me, or written by me from scratch – we need to know how things work. When I would have problems studying, writing things out always helped me learn more and fill in gaps of what I had missed. That is the magic of a manual when you give it to someone – here is the recipe, the plan, the instructions for how to accomplish a task. There is a reason that anything you buy comes with a paper
2 weeks ago
Grit. Sweat. Impostor Syndrome. Perseverance. Desire. Fear. Persistence. We read a great deal of what AI can do and what it does have, but we don’t highlight what it doesn’t have and will always be impossible to have. Some of these might be seen as bad traits – Fear, Impostor Syndrome – but look deep, and they are probably what have driven you to success in many of your endeavours.
2 weeks ago
Your best trait will always be your ability to understand the problem and articulate it to someone. This will always be your secret weapon. Not many have it, but those that do, are unstoppable.
2 weeks ago
It’s Not About What You Know. It’s about what you are willing to figure out. How much effort are you willing to put in? How committed are you to understanding the problem? We’re continually focusing on what AI knows that we don’t but we are forgetting what we have known and done for years.
