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The Tech Market Situation is Crazy (medium.com)
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[–] -2 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

Are you sure you read it? The POV character gets fired (and ends up working as a janitor doorman) because they only start using it "too late".

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    It's implied that he actually gets fired because of refusing orders for 3 weeks, and then slacking off another week.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    But you frame the only alternative as "use the AI tools we tell you to".

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 3 months ago*

    I don't actually think I frame that as the only alternative. There's nuance on the article. It's a bit up to you how to interpret it. Some options are:

    • He would have actually kept the job if he hadn't slacked off the final week, and kept using AI.
    • The job was not a good fit for him anyway because the vibecode-heavy workspace virtually required using AI. But that doesn't meant that there wouldn't be other jobs for him (he gets one at the end btw).
    • He might have been able to get by without AI if he didn't go through his gargantuan vimwiki project for 3 weeks.
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