Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[RealAlHazred]

The reports we've gotten first and second hand from former students and folks interviewing and colleagues in the field is that a bunch of companies want prospective programmers to be able to describe how they use AI tools to help them be productive. Also that a bunch of companies make them cold code things to prove they can do it without AI. I think doing both feels prudent to me.

In my data/stat classes the students have pretty much always been allowed to talk with each other about the homework problems (but not just copy each other's full work), and I tell them they should cite books or webpages appropriately if that's where they grabbed something from. For AI I now ask them to disclose how they used it and that just like working with a classmate having it do the whole problem isn't allowed. Warned them about how easy it is to tell on exams when folks just used AI (or a friend) on the homework and briefly discussed the limitations of the AI answers and the ways and reasons it will sometimes spew forth wrong things. I also down weighted the part of the grade due to homework a bit more.

I got a recruiter email asking if I had twelve years or more experience using AI tools.

I weep for the future of my profession.

 

[Ryujin]

I got a recruiter email asking if I had twelve years or more experience using AI tools.

I weep for the future of my profession.

It's sad how many times "must have xx years working with tech that has only existed for x" comes up on job descriptions. Makes me wonder how many of them are "ghost jobs" that only exist to maintain funding requirements.

 

[TiQuinn]

I got a recruiter email asking if I had twelve years or more experience using AI tools.

I weep for the future of my profession.

Yes, I've used APIs and databases commonly used in AI applications and projects. Done.

Treat dumb questions with dumb answers.

 

[RealAlHazred]

Yes, I've used APIs and databases commonly used in AI applications and projects.

"So, no actual experience with AI. I see." frowns into paper "Okay, as a test of basic programming skills, please solve this problem in 30 minutes. Please show your work." reads from paper; it is obvious I don't understand what I'm reading "Consider the following yes/no problem: given an incomplete Sudoku grid of size n^2 × n^2, is there at least one legal solution where every row, column, and n × n square contains the integers 1 through n^2?"

EDIT: It occurs to me, people who aren't coders won't get the joke here. Check out P versus NP problem.

 

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[CleverNickName]

(looking out the window at someone rummaging through the bins for empty cans) You know, folks who say they love D&D and love the TTRPG hobby, but are trying to undermine and displace both "for their own good"...well. I won't go into great detail here; I'll just say that sentiment seems popular these days.

Seems like everyone is hating something these days. Loudly. With agenda. Maybe it was always this way and--shielded by my own privilege--I'm only just now noticing.