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by raw_anon_1111 107 days ago
> AI isn’t going to do anything by magic. Someone has to tell it to do it, setup guardrails so it doesn’t destroy everything, etc. There is no way in hell I’d be handing over those agent issues to AI to monkey around on production servers. Saying AI can do it is a cop out excuse unless someone already setup AI to do it successfully.

And you would trust a junior developer to do those things?

> Thinking you’re above it sounds like a problem. The best boss I ever had was the first one to quite literally pick up a broom if that’s what was needed. Work was work, and he earned a lot of respect on those moments.

I personally am above it with 30 years of experience. But it’s not about what he is willing to do. Every open job req gets hundreds of applications within a day these days. It’s hard to stand out from the crowd. But everything you said doesn’t help him stand out from the crowd to get the job. He needs to m actionable advice on how to get the job.