Comment by travisgriggs
5 hours ago
What is unclear to me is how less skilled people gain useful experience, when using these amplifying tools. I’ve been at this for 35 years; I like to think that sometimes i get some pretty amazing results.
I work with two pretty green developers. The rate that they can make a mess is now phenomenal. And the sense of confidence the tools give them with early successes, means any experience I might have to offer means less now. Which is ok, I’m not going to be that “my experience has to be useful to you so I still fell relevant” old guy. But I do find myself curious how “lessons are learned” that lead to greater and greater tool exploitation in this brave new world.
> But I do find myself curious how “lessons are learned” that lead to greater and greater tool exploitation in this brave new world.
(I think I'm reading this the right way but if not feel free to correct).
In a word: pain.
Until there's a legitimate threat to their well-being (emotional, psychological, or financial), the lessons won't be truly "learned." Until you know the true cost of a decision, you're flying high.
Older engineers have dealt with this organically so it's kind of encoded into their DNA. The very reason certain things aren't done (or a certain way) is because that pain has already been felt/encouraged learning a better way.