Bet on Humans

Bet on Humans

By Don HansenTechnology
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Bet on Humans episodes

  • Software Engineers Need to Prepare for the Age of Avarice

    As generative AI floods the industry, software quality is plummeting while engineers lose their power to push back. @BoomerRantingInTheWoods (on YouTube) joined me to explain why we're living through an "Age of Avarice" or an age of greed. We talked about the financial traps that keep engineers compliant, the cognitive decline risked by outsourcing your skills to LLMs, and why building a war chest of independence and skills is the smartest bet for surviving the crash that's coming.

    1 hr 22 min
  • Why a 20-Year Engineer Refuses to Code With AI Anymore

    Video Description:

    Brett, a software engineer with 20 years of experience, talked about the toll AI coding tools have taken on his mental health, his craft, and his career. After 18 months of using LLMs daily at work, Brett noticed his skills atrophying, his motivation fading, and his love for coding being hollowed out. So he stopped using AI entirely, and ultimately quit his job. We talked about the unsustainability of the AI coding industry, the widespread deskilling of developers, and why reconnecting with the craft of writing code by hand might be the most important thing a software engineer can do right now.

    Relevant links:

    Brett's website: https://brettcodes.com
    Brett's YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@brettcodes

    1 hr 6 min

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I'm bored of all of the AI slop. I want to have conversations with people who love their craft - REAL artists and developers who care about building real, deep skills in what they do. This podcast is…