Michael ParkerJan 1

Iā€™m seeing an epidemic of learned helplessness in programming. Students are learning to prompt, not code.

Core skills like debugging are fading. AI should be a tool, not a crutch. We need devs who don't freeze at a blank page.

https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/15

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An Epidemic of Learned Helplessness

Ok ok ok, I have a feeling this article might be a divisive one, and I accept that the people I speak to often have similar views to me, but I think w

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@michaelparker As a 30 year dev and parent to 3 others in the junior/just entering phase....this framing is unfair

The problem is not "learned helplessness". The problem is management-by-buzzword looking at only the next quarter's profits

Anyone doing anything else is being laid off or not hired

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@davidr I had not considered it from a corporate world but that makes scene. Iv heard its tuff out there with management looking to cut costs with AI. I'm looking for a internship and stuggling

I was only looking at it from my uni perspective where iv found if people stopped to think they can work it out but jump to AI before trying to solve a issue. Maybe I took to much of a pessimistic view.