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Not everyone is using AI for everything

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Re: Not everyone is using AI for everything

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Post by bravetraveler »

emodendroket wrote: post #92
hypfer wrote: post #82

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> It's tough to answer because you want to hedge for both an AI enthused employer and an AI hesitant employer with limited information about who they are and how they personally use these products. Have you considered just answering truthfully? Would you even want to work somewhere where you need to play a role and where they flip out when you say the wrong word you should've correctly guessed through mind reading? T…

I assume it's because he is seeking to pay rent, food bills, and other expenses through employment.

I'd assume they're seeking longevity to that employment. You, or others, might be able to maintain a facade; I can't recommend it for long.

Re: Not everyone is using AI for everything

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Post by [deleted] »

zerobees wrote: post #358
quintushoratius wrote: post #345

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> It's a job, not a relationship. It's best not to confuse the two. A relationship is defined as two parties that interact. It's not friends, it's not romantic, and it's definitely not family, but a job _is_ a relationship. That said, GP is absolutely correct that you can fall into toxic relationships with your employer. Especially in the US where, realistically, we're forced to rely on our employer for too many thin…

You're being pedantic. By your standard, I also have a relationship with the DMV, and to avoid a "toxic relationship" (parent's language), I should be honest with them about all the times I rolled past a stop sign.

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Re: Not everyone is using AI for everything

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Post by cyberax »

ipaddr wrote: post #230
thatjoeoverthr wrote: post #168

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Last time I was in Germany I saw what appeared to be homeless children

Did they look Ukrainian or Syrian? Germany let in millions of people over the last few years and never built enough housing.

This is totally incorrect. Germany is literally giving out housing for almost free.

No, I'm not stupid or lying.

And yes, it's true. It's just that this housing is not in Berlin.

Re: Not everyone is using AI for everything

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Post by selcuka »

retired wrote: post #119
emodendroket wrote: post #92

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I assume it's because he is seeking to pay rent, food bills, and other expenses through employment.

I typically seek employment for the free electricity, coffee, internet, water, microwave usage and coverage from rain. Some employers even offer showers! The best benefit about working in a large office is that nobody checks the basement.

> I typically seek employment

Your username does not check out.

Re: Not everyone is using AI for everything

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Post by yw3410 »

bluefirebrand wrote: post #86
acc_297 wrote: post #72

On the post-grad job hunt right now - I note that most employers will ask in a technical interview or whiteboard interview "how are you using LLMs?" It's tough to answer because you want to hedge for both an AI enthused employer and an AI hesitant employer with limited information about who they are and how they personally use these products. I've been responding with a sort of long winded answer about how 'there is…

I personally think "I pretty much use it as a faster and more flexible StackOverflow" is probably the most neutral position you can have on it That's probably not going to be enough for AI maxxers, but it probably won't be too much of a turn off for anyone but the most extreme AI minners, and everyone in between will probably be fine with it. Frankly I plan to steer well clear of any "the majority of our code is AI g…

I know of a few shops (names you've heard of!) who are trying to transition to AI-only coding (i.e where engineers must vibe code...) - despite already having a few production bugs with their current approach.

Re: Not everyone is using AI for everything

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Post by maplethorpe »

I might be the only person at my job that doesn't use it, but it feels like I'll be found out by upper management sooner or later. Maybe I'll need to use a library I'm unfamiliar with, I'll take longer than expected to grasp it, and then people will start asking questions. Every time a manager puts a random call in my calendar, I'm worried it's going to be about this.

Re: Not everyone is using AI for everything

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Post by bornfreddy »

xboxnolifes wrote: post #443
bornfreddy wrote: post #385

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This might not describe you, but I've met quite a few people who made similar claims. The problem usually wasn't that their counterparty didn't want to hear the truth. More commonly, the problem was that these persons assumed (and were convinced) that they knew the truth. Truth is rarely absolute and someone claiming to know it is a red flag in my book. Double so if multiple persons indicated their disagreement. Agai…

Truth is easy when the question is about your own involvement in something. You just don't lie and don't intentionally deceive. This isn't about technical arguments, or moral quandary, or ambiguous situations, it's about marketing yourself in a world where you are expected to lie about your accomplishments to look better. Citing metrics you know are not accurate, but make you look good. Overselling your own involveme…

Then this is not the same situation, I agree. That sucks. I hope you find a company that shares (and rewards) your values.

Re: Not everyone is using AI for everything

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Post by kmote00 »

simmerup wrote: post #460
throw1234567891 wrote: post #458

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But it doesn't make sense to do a job you'd hate. Just be honest, land the job where you're happy.

But no one will pay me to watch tv all day

If you're good enough at it, I suppose someone would. (There are television critics after all.)

But I'm just curious: if someone were to give you a living wage to do nothing but watch TV all day for the rest of your life, how many years do you think might go by before you would start to ask yourself, Is this really what I want to spend my one, exquisite, irreplaceable life on?

Re: Not everyone is using AI for everything

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Post by overfeed »

TACD wrote: post #388
coldtea wrote: post #384

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> A truthful, nuanced, well reasoned answer will be well received by an employer with a culture you want to work in. If you're into long shot betting AND your savings aren't running out while waiting to land a new job, that might be a good strategy

I don’t see why “truthful, nuanced, well reasoned” is the long-shot vs cagey and evasive.

Have you seen the job market lately?

You call the response "cagey and evasive", but that is for an objectively a bad interview question, one wrung below "How many years experience do you have prompting Anthropic Opus? We are an Opus shop." People are not locked into their current way of using AI and it is trivial to match how one works with AI to match employers requirements. It's a question that deserves an idealized non-answer

Re: Not everyone is using AI for everything

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Post by Loughla »

singingfish wrote: post #455
coldtea wrote: post #384

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> A truthful, nuanced, well reasoned answer will be well received by an employer with a culture you want to work in. If you're into long shot betting AND your savings aren't running out while waiting to land a new job, that might be a good strategy

as a rule the interviewee should be assessing for goodness of fit, as well as the interviewer. If my simplified nuanced answer to why I limit my usage of LLMs was poorly received, I wouldn't want to take a job somewhere likely to make me miserable.

Correct. Me either.

Unless I'm looking after about 6 months and my savings isn't as healthy as it once was. Or one of my kids is sick. Or pretty much anything happens costing money.

Then I'll be miserable for a little while as I continue my job search.

Practicality, sometimes, is more important than ethics when other people rely on you.

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