A quick note to the AI-skeptical software developers
With all due respect
Bad Software Advice
Learn from the wrong
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Good news - all of your current skills translate well into the AI development era. Except one.
Check yourself, before or equal to you wrecking yourself
There are two systems. Which one are you working on?
"I don't know, let me ask the product manager"
How to determine the urgency of a task
If you just talked about it, then it must be urgent, but maybe not important
How to build everything yourself
Not Invented Here == Wet Garbage
The term "technical debt" is wrong
How to actually get important work done, without name-calling
How to apply best practices
What works at Google should work in your garage, probably
Bad Software Advice: Three Interesting Links #7
WARNING: This edition contains: Artificial Intelligence Hype, punctuation
How to write (and read) a bug report
All you need to know is that there is a problem, my work here is done
How to control your employees
When you hire a carpenter, make them use your tools
How to be a (anti) hero
In the shadow of every strength lies a weakness.
How to handle complexity
But first, a confession
How to handle working software
Undocumented software that has been working is philosophically dangerous
How to assign a bug report
Bugs means mistakes, which means that you are stupid, which is frankly quite upsetting
How to understand deadlines (as a developer)
"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by"
Bad Software Advice: Three Interesting Links #6
WARNING: This edition contains: Hyrum's Law, Documentation, incompetent management, remote work, and AI
How to handle an IT escape room
You didn't signup for this, but yeah ya did
20 behaviors to get software engineers to respect you more
Sorta kinda not really
How to solve problems too early
Provide a solution before the problem is fully stated for extra credit
Commentary: How to tell who your best programmer is
As software engineers work together, they determine who is knowledgeable and easy to work with.