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by echelon 80 days ago
Work is delivering value.

Yes, we have craftsmanship, but at the end of the day everything is ephemeral and impermanent and the world continues on without remembering us.

I think both the IC and executive are correct in superposition.

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Indeed. Even the ur-craftsman, John Carmack, says that delivering value to customers is pretty much the only thing that matters in development. If AI lets you do that faster, cheaper, you'd be a fool not to use it. There's a reason why it's virtually a must in professional software engineering now.
Right, but Carmack has always delivered. I need someone without Carmack’s ability to show me what value they can deliver with AI
They cant, its your job to train them or take their salary