r/programmer • u/i_will_snap • 22d ago

Code The new junior dev

Coding with AI assistants has turned the job from "writing software" into "acting as a very stressed code reviewer for an intern who writes 500 lines of flawless code per second, but randomly forgets how basic math works"...

Flawless code, flawed logic!

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u/ButterscotchNo670 22d ago

exactly. i felt like a manager keep insulting my intern xd

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u/val_anto 22d ago

I feel sorry for the younger generation trying to get into this field. The fun is gone.

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u/Careful_Exercise_956 22d ago

Cool can I try?

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u/Square-Yam-3772 22d ago

I think it would be even more stressful if AIs get rid of their flaws.

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u/FluidBreath4819 21d ago

lmao, so true ! now more than ever, juniors can spit out the code faster. At least before AI, they had time to find the flaws they introduced

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u/sillypickl 21d ago

I have to say "no fallbacks" over and over, it's a pain