Michael BaconAlso, techbros: "AI is going to change everything, nothing will be the same, adopt it or get left behind"
Senior devs: "Well golly gee, now that's something I've never heard before . . ."
derptron@MichaelTBacon @raganwald @gvwilson "Been left behind my whole life. Why should I start worrying about it now?"
@crazyeddie @raganwald @gvwilson
*10 new super-shiny things appear on the horizon*
Young dev: "ooh, those are the future! Let's go—"
Old dev: <hand out blocking the way> "Hang, on, wait for it. . . "
*7 of the 10 super-shiny things crash and burn in a fiery ball that can be seen from space*
Old dev: "almost . . ."
*1 of remaining shiny things turns evil and starts eating everything near it*
Old dev: "okay, let's go."
Poslovitch@MichaelTBacon I'm confused now. Does that mean, with my less than a year of actual work experience in that field, I would still qualify as a "senior dev" just because I don't run towards anything shiny and new? 😂
Was that the true test?
Headbanger MouseDeveloper seniority is not measured in years in the field. It is measured in burning bandwagons and hype cycles avoided.