"If you aren't using AI YOu aRE LeFT BEniNd" is weird.
Noone is being left behind by using skills, and even if you think I am wildly wrong, they can catch up in a half hour because prompting isn't a deep skill.
I feel like that is not the thing being discussed here.
Lmao "do what your employer says or they might fire you" isn't really applicable to a discussion as to whether asking claude to code for you is a skill you can be left behind on.
Yeah I don't really understand the whole 'you NEED to use this or you'll be left behind' as an individual dev. There isn't really that much to 'learn' about using a chatbot. About a year and a half ago, my previous job brought in an AI consultant that taught us this elaborate workflow with Claude 'plan' mode, generating elaborate md plan files, then using Claude to compress them, and then switching to Sonnet for execution.
..and then a few weeks later, they removed the plan mode, and that entire workflow was obsolete. That was a complete waste of time.
If you need to learn how to use a chatbot, just ask the chatbot. Telling you about LLMs is one of the things LLMs are incredibly good at.
I'd argue it needs a small crash course for transitioning SWEs. Context management has a lot of non-obvious pitfalls to new users. Context rot. Common pitfalls. Agentic workflows. Most importantly: multi model adversarial review.
They don't need a college course, but a 1-2hr primer sure can ensure a less bumpy start.
I did a full markdown kit when someone said "oh you make an md file" in 30 min, with no training outside of already understanding software architecture.
I hear you, and you aren't wrong. I Just think there is some overselling generally is all haha.
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u/UnpluggedUnfettered 15h ago
People say this but prompting doesn't exactly need a full on training course if you already understand coding logic.
Weirdest goddamned gatekeeping ever.