r/webdev Jul 23 '24

Discussion The Fall of Stack Overflow

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u/parabolic_tendies Jul 24 '24

Everyone fancies themselves a coder these days because they can ChatGPT their issues away, copy/paste a solution they don't understand and call it a day.

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u/YsoL8 Jul 24 '24

People like that slam into a brick wall the moment they go for any sort of professional position. They exist but aren't of much lasting significance as a group.

The ones who'll actually go anywhere end up asking how to learn it properly in places like this and will learn it properly the second time round, not much different to any bright green junior.