I was wondering if there's anything behind the idea that people who learned how to code before AI will become the human capital version of low-background steel.

Everyone who starts to code after AI has a problem: it's hard to believe you went through the pain and frustration that people often think is required to become a senior engineer. Even if you did, you are in a lemon market with quite a few people who took the shortcut in college. Much better to hire a guy who learned before they could cheat, and then give him the tools to replace the juniors.

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Grosvenor 3 hours ago | parent [-]

How do you value people who learnt to code in the 80's, 90's or 2000's today?

Will new developers know/understand what they don't know, or will the new state of things simply become normalized?

	▲	lordnacho 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> How do you value people who learnt to code in the 80's, 90's or 2000's today? Personally I rate them really really highly. They are always fascinating to talk to. But they also compete with newer cohorts who mature. > Will new developers know/understand what they don't know, or will the new state of things simply become normalized? Yes because a 32 year old guy with 10 years of experience who got given AI recently is going to be around for an awful long time reminding everyone that he has something the younger ones don't have.