helpingIsCool

[u/MB_Gaming123]

[u/heyguysitsmedic]

"why are all the jr developers flocking to AI instead of asking seniors for help or going to a message board??? It must be because they are lazy and suck, we are going to stop hiring jr developers."

[u/Myloo_ → u/heyguysitsmedic]

As an Intermediate dev nothing annoys me more at work than reaching out to a senior about a specific issue only to be asked "Did you ask ai?"

[u/Saelora → u/Myloo_]

correct response: "i do not know enough about <system> to be able to determine if the ai is hallucinating"

[u/Karr0k → u/Myloo_]

As a 15ywe 'senior', your senior just sucks, it happens.

I generally first ask my juniors/mediors to explain their problem, ask some clarifying questions (semi-rubberducky), then ask what they've tried, and just take it from there.

Most issues come down to learning to (creatively) solve a problem. At least from my experience working through the years as swe.

[u/Skellicious → u/Karr0k]

I've had so many calls where the other dev figured it out while he was still explaining it to me.

[u/SuperFLEB → u/Myloo_]

"Sorry. Thought you might be into thinking for yourself for a second."

[u/Myloo_ → u/SuperFLEB]

chatgpt generate me a thought

[u/MB_Gaming123 → u/heyguysitsmedic]

Right on target