Maybe I'm using these models incorrectly but I just don't ask it to do a lot at once and find it extremely useful.
Write tests for x in the style of this file to cover a, b, c.
Help me find a bug here within this pseudo code that covers three classes and a few functions. Here's the behavior I see, here's what I think could be happening.
I rarely give it access to all the code and usually give it small portions of code and ask for small things. I basically treat it as if I was reaching out to another senior developer in a large company or SO. They don't care to learn about all the details that don't matter, and want a good promoted question that's not wasting their time and that they can help with.
Using it this way I absolutely see the benefits and I'd say an arbitrary 1.25x sounds right (and I'm an experienced engineer in my field).
I'll just quietly keep using it this way and ignore the overwhelming hype on both sides (it's not a speed up camp and it's 100x camp. Imo both are wrong but the it's not a speed up camp make me question how they're using it the most
How did the manager not know Tim didn't have tickets slated for him ? How did Tim not even pick up some (at a lower capacity) and then still helped with the remaining time ?
I guess as someone who does a lot of the same that Tim is doing,and I bet others can resonate, I still "have to" pick up tickets and I think that's always the expectation in any job I've had as an IC. Is Tim managing his time well ?
Agreed,only the super rich will get cars err electricity err I mean refrigerators err I mean personal computers err I mean mobile devices
To be fair I think there's a lot of truth in your statement in the short term (and arguably in the long). But in the 'long' term , it sure does look like revolutionary technology makes everyday peoples life better (I didn't even go into transportation or health care/life expectency)
Let's be careful not to conflate (A) general technological-progress with (B) changes in economic organization and wealth distribution.
The nice things from (A) don't necessarily require what co-occurred with (B). There is nothing in the physics or materials of a refrigerator which requires the assembler to have been paid less than the CEO.
Sure, we have more consumer goods available to us, but I don’t know if that’s a great measure of a better life. We have supercomputers in our pockets but can’t talk to our neighbors, AI with a warming planet, etc. It’s all tradeoffs. A flourishing human life is independent of technology.
There will be soon new type of stuff only for rich - clean air, safe healthy food, beautiful nature, stable climate location, safe from warfare... we are not heading for a rosy future.
Sure everybody can be addicted to some crappy social service on their phones, but that's not a mark of progress in 2025 nor definition of life fulfillment/happiness, some would say in contrary. Obesity was also for a long time mark of wealth (and in some 3rd world countries it still is), and now its a sign of low social status and failure for various reasons.
Btw life expectancy i starting to decline again in developed countries, its just 3rd world that has so much gap to cross that they still go up.
When I said recent history I meant the last roughly 20 years, when the trend has been for gains to go to a smaller and smaller number of people.
Of course historically this does seem to be a cycle. Usually it goes gilded age, revolution, broad-based growth, emergence of a new elite, repeat cycle. Unfortunately the revolution period is often very chaotic and destructive.
How will you pay for the cars err electricity err I mean refrigerators err I mean personal computers err I mean mobile devices when you have no income?
I mean I agree it's a mask but still feels slimy. I can get behind not going broke > overriding any shame.
But I do think that some people are better at lying to themselves that the choices are going broke or make independent contractor work by selling yourself like that.
There's the obvious route which is to just not be an independent contractor and get a 'normal' job where you still have to do some of this nauseating selling yourself but at only a few critical times and way less public.
No shame for those who want to be an independent contractor at the cost of selling yourself like that but just sharing that I can't seem to trick myself into thinking it's a go broke or make it work situation.
I think some value the independent nature of it and say it's worth the embarrassment that gp talks about. Was just sharing how it's not a go broke or make it work because well it's a bit of a luxury (because normal job is always there)
It's interesting that you're embarrassed by the notion of "selling yourself". Shame from self-promotion is a very cultural thing, and I'm guessing deeply embedded in your upbringing. "Don't boast" is certainly commonly taught to children.
Of course children are explicitly given everything they need. Adults need to get it for themselves.
If you are in business you need to advertise. If you are in the contract business you need to advertise you. If you can't do that, then that's OK, go get a job.
Advertising is not slimy or shameful. It's part of the job. It can be done well or badly. But the world doesn't "owe" you anything, nor will it seek you out. If you want to be independent then you need to work harder than the dependent who has an employer.
Write tests for x in the style of this file to cover a, b, c.
Help me find a bug here within this pseudo code that covers three classes and a few functions. Here's the behavior I see, here's what I think could be happening.
I rarely give it access to all the code and usually give it small portions of code and ask for small things. I basically treat it as if I was reaching out to another senior developer in a large company or SO. They don't care to learn about all the details that don't matter, and want a good promoted question that's not wasting their time and that they can help with.
Using it this way I absolutely see the benefits and I'd say an arbitrary 1.25x sounds right (and I'm an experienced engineer in my field).
I'll just quietly keep using it this way and ignore the overwhelming hype on both sides (it's not a speed up camp and it's 100x camp. Imo both are wrong but the it's not a speed up camp make me question how they're using it the most