Justin SearlsJul 12, 2023

Remember some of the hot-button issues in tech over the last decade? People angry over the use of the word "passion". The merits of "craftsmanship". Whether the "10x developer" is a myth.

Something connects all of these debates, and nobody's really talking about it. That's why I wrote this essay: https://blog.testdouble.com/posts/2023-07-12-the-looming-demise-of-the-10x-developer/

The looming demise of the 10x developer

Tech's most contentious debates end with people talking over each other, but they make way more sense viewed through the lens of inter-generational conflict.

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Show threadJosh Puetz 🏳️‍🌈Jul 12, 2023
@searls "It’s an open secret that the industry has no idea how to teach people to program." Oh my gosh, this resonates SO MUCH with me! I've watched friends struggle to learn how to program and "break into" our profession. What other industry has boot camps to learn the foundational skills?
Show threadJames NenoJul 12, 2023
@joshpuetz @searls I wonder how many future developers are learning from LLM Chatbots and how that will change the culture. These devs will use LLMs for JIT learning continuously. I feel a big change is coming but I can't even begin to game it out.
Show threadAlexander The 1st

@jneno @joshpuetz @searls I guess the big concern with using LLMs for learning is their ability to hallucinate; or to just straight up lie.

On top of that; defective code might prompt for more, subtly defective code.

(For me, my bigger issue for learning new stuff is the requirements involved in just setting up an environment for development/deployment/"Production" locally-I've usually worked within teams where the environment setup has been made...and is way more complicated than IDE launch.)

Jul 13, 2023 at 9:02amWeb