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I've used it to craft a quick PowerShell or bash oneliner, or to get familiar with a function in some python package I've never used. But an entire program?

Do people really do that?! I've just used it as a starting point for something totally unfamiliar, reworked it to suit, made sure I understood everything it spit out. I cannot imagine ChatGPT spitting out working code.

I used ChatGPT a few days ago to build a python script that takes a link in my clipboard and runs a yt-dlp command to download it to one of my Plex folders. Had to fettle a few details, but all told it took me about half an hour from start to finish.

I have absolutely no idea how to write a python script, so I'm incredibly happy with the output.

However, I'm not trying to use it to get paid, so I guess that's OK.

Yes, they're the same thing.

Ask Jeeves had some good Easter eggs. I miss them.

I like "sloppers". Back in the day these would be script-kiddies/ skiddies but that's even ascribing way too much effort compared to "vibe coding."

Sloppers is much better. vibe-coding should be more like actually coding, but like having a crazy-ass aesthetic as your desktop or listening to some banger music or something like that. Also the code comments should be 'vibes-based', aka only intuition can decipher what the comment says.

Because his dad works for the company

Have a dad that can get you a job

Confidence. Connections. Opportunities.

Act like you know what you're doing (you are likely more capable than you give yourself credit for). Be open to networking opportunities.

Give yourself the opportunities to get a job by applying to places you might be at least a 50% match for, using a well-crafted resume. A lot of these job listings are written on a game of telephone. A lot gets mistranslated between the dev team, management, and HR. Let the interviewer and your own judgement decide if you're a good fit or not after the interview, not that job listing.

These folks are getting to the hiring managers just by sheer number of applications (or knowing the right people), knowing how to get past the filters, and presenting themselves as a great candidate. Do the same, and you might have better luck.

I was at a student project that just transitions to a being a normal job once you get your BSc, and there was one guy on our team who nobody knows how he got there, since there were objectively better students (in terms of grades and knowledge) who got rejected. He was beyond useless and always got other people to do his work for him.

Anyways, the company I worked at offered internships for students, and the main criteria for getting accepted was your average grade. I was present to witness that guy going on a call with someone who determines who gets the internship to vouch for his friend. His friend had an average grade far under 8 (which is honestly embarassing at our uni), but this dude said how his friend is very motivated, wants to work, the grade problem is only there because those are some subjects he doesn't care about, and he personally stands behind him that he'll be a grear intern.

Well it worked, that guy got the internship and other students who actually knew something got rejected because they didn't have connections inside the company. I imagine that's a story that gets repeated often. Higher mamagers don't really know who's doing what, so people who know how to confidently bullshit can talk themselves into and out of many situations and they often form connections with similar people.

Well, in the OP, it's entirely nepotism.

Fact is there's a lot of dead end postings, as far as I can tell.

Corpos post jobs so they can claim they're trying to hire someone, with zero intention of actually interviewing or hiring anyone.

It's basically a warm blanket for the current overworked and underpaid developers so that they keep working, waiting for help and relief when none is coming.

Then they have a pool of candidates when their current developers get sick of their shit and quit, so that they can fill that role immediately.

Yayyyy

The AI will help him write the next big thing in machine learning....

/s

well ok. but i mean when those vibe coders post "i wrote an entire app in x hours" i always imagine it is an app that anyone can actually take a look at..like public in appstore or some webapp. too high expectations?/

The VP of software engineering at my current company just announced that the goal is to have 30% or more of all code being written by AI by next year...

The scene where he's feeding a dismembered leg into the wood chipper.