Post B5ixy9tlmARFjLiKLA by baldur@toot.cafe
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 (DIR) Post #B5ixy9tlmARFjLiKLA by baldur@toot.cafe
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       One issue I rarely see mentioned are the sharp differences between expertise progression in general web dev, online web dev subcommunities, and the rest of the software dev community.Namely, in my experience, it's very common in general web dev for people not to have the expertise you'd expect based on their seniority that you see in the people who have the dedication and interest to participate in discussions on specialities within their field.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5ixyAIEJE0KxD9rSy by baldur@toot.cafe
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       Basically, I know a lot of web devs with 10+ years of experience whose knowledge about any given topic in their field is at about the level of a recent graduate. Most of what they know is hearsay and superstition and most of what they do is play around with trendsAnd, again this is in my experience and I may just have been quite unlucky, this is more common in web dev than other parts of the software industry.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5ixyAbj8jbHvgHQrA by jab01701mid@mastodon.social
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       @baldur I suspect a lot of this is due to the way web devs are hired. I've seen managers ask their recruiter to find "somebody with at least 3 years Angular or React experience". That's it.You would not hire for OS-level or even any part of the native code stack by recruiting for "at least 3 years as a C++ programmer".
       
 (DIR) Post #B5ixyAvvvblOwLjZLs by baldur@toot.cafe
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       @jab01701mid Yeah, the web dev industry leaned hard into the deskilling and commodification of web dev using React and similar frameworks. It was never about making better software but about homogeneity and control. Looks like it's a pretty good way to eradicate expertise as well.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5ixyCRAKyLBbVM1fk by baldur@toot.cafe
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       I'm worrying that this is starting to matter a lot as it looks like expertise is an important qualifier limiting the harm that comes from using LLMs for coding. If this is a general observation and not just a reflection of my poor career choices then it seems likely that the client-side web specifically will be hit harder by the code "slop-apocalypse" than other software.