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Its actually the opposite of how people think. We hire junior devs, but not senior, and dont replace our senior devs. So our developer base is moving towards b
by ArthurStacks 1y ago
Its actually the opposite of how people think.
We hire junior devs, but not senior, and dont replace our senior devs. So our developer base is moving towards being junior weighted with less senior. The reason being a junior dev is cheaper, complains less, is more capable now through utilising generative AI, works harder to impress knowing they arent in a safe position, and we can let them go more easily with less process and less reasons needed to be given.
- android521 1y agoyou're so wrong. This only works if what you do is so simple that any junior develper can sufficiently do it well. Senior developers with AI is gonna destroy a bunch of junior developers with AI.
- ArthurStacks 1y ago>You're so wrong, this only works if.. wrong? I'll gladly continue this 'wrong' approach if it continues to be as successful as it has over the last 6 months. Aswell as it being entertaining seeing the level of cope among 'senior' developers watching someone on 1/4th of their salary design systems better than they can
- superb_dev 1y agoDo you plan on promoting them eventually or just replacing them once they realize they’re getting a bad deal?
- ArthurStacks 1y agoTheyre getting paid and have a job. If they dont like that deal they can go find another one elsewhere. But its going to get increasingly difficult to justify promoting them to higher salaries if generative AI continues as it is, as the bottom line is that there will be another junior dev out there that will do the role on less.
- roughly 1y agoI recognize I’m not going to change your mind on this, but I’ll sure be interested to hear how all those systems are working in a year or two - although from your comments elsewhere, you run a consultancy, so I guess that’s not your problem, either.
- ArthurStacks 1y agoMany people without experience ask this same question. It isnt relevant. They arent just producing code and pushing it, saying it works. It undergoes the same extensive testing for stability and security as the solution written by anyone else goes through. If it passes that, then its as likely to have issues further down the line as the solution written solely by the senior dev would have.
- Fulgen 1y ago> 1/4th of their salary If they + AI are a replacement for senior devs, shouldn't they be paid accordingly?
- ArthurStacks 1y agoThat would defeat the purpose. The whole point is to reduce costs by getting a cheap junior dev and having them operate AI to produce the same or better result for far less
- Fulgen 1y agoSo the point is to use technological advancements only to increase company profit and not pass any on to the actual workers. If a junior costs 1/4 of a senior, they could easily paid more from the 3/4s saved (since they're also more valuable now), but I guess shareholder millions come first.
- ArthurStacks 1y agoOf course. I'm running a business, not a welfare program
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y agoWhat a way to summarize the decades of apathy that led to the current state of wealth inequality.
- ArthurStacks 1y agoApathy? More like the fact that the majority of people are too lazy, not motivated enough, not willing to take risks, and go out and build something of their own that results in wealth, and prefer to sit safe as someones employee, complaining about 'wealth inequality'
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- mrits 1y agoDid the juniors decide it was a better system or the seniors?
- NoGravitas 1y agoIt is legitimately hard to tell if this is a parody account.
- ArthurStacks 1y agoThats because youre conditioned in your culture to want the nice lies that tell you other people care by a society that wraps everything in BS. Foreigners may consider my culture brutal and unforgiving, but at least its honest from the outset