This summer was supposed to be our startup's first intern program ever, but I overheard my (non-technical) CEO mention the other day that she wanted to potentially axe the program (rescinding the 2 accepted offers so far) and just use Devin instead. Not sure how serious or not the statement was, but there weren't any laughs that followed and I thought the comment was in extremely poor taste. Just wanted to rant.
Tell HN: My CEO wants to shut down the intern program and use Devin instead
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Re: Tell HN: My CEO wants to shut down the intern program and use Devin instead
#2I'm sorry your CEO is a jackass.
If they really believe a glorified Taylor series can replace an intern, perhaps you should embrace their depravity and have Devin also do 100% the code reviews.
Just make sure you have written documentation of their brain dead decision making so you can CYA when it invariably blows up in their face.
Read up on malicious compliance and embrace it fully.
Re: Tell HN: My CEO wants to shut down the intern program and use Devin instead
#3Lol, that's not even the purpose of intern programs, most of the value of the program is to recruit people not to get cheap labor.
Re: Tell HN: My CEO wants to shut down the intern program and use Devin instead
#4Lol, that's not even the purpose of intern programs, most of the value of the program is to recruit people not to get cheap labor.
depends on the stage of the company - but could be a way to attract the talent that they are looking for
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#6Startup idea: Hire interns to emulate AI, build better models for internal use, coop ownership, IPO, retire by graduation. intern.me seems available.
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Re: Tell HN: My CEO wants to shut down the intern program and use Devin instead
#8Lol, that's not even the purpose of intern programs, most of the value of the program is to recruit people not to get cheap labor.
That's exactly what I was going to say.
Re: Tell HN: My CEO wants to shut down the intern program and use Devin instead
#9So a lot of folks have been saying AI is nowhere near ready yet so we won't see job losses anytime soon. But then there are people like this CEO...
Re: Tell HN: My CEO wants to shut down the intern program and use Devin instead
#10So a lot of folks have been saying AI is nowhere near ready yet so we won't see job losses anytime soon. But then there are people like this CEO...
also cant wait for the 'ai that doesnt actually work' cleanup driving more jobs