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1. QuantumNoodle · 1785956641 · focus · HN ↗

   A hobby is something you enjoy the process of doing, not just the end result. Everybody likes a clean home, but cleaning is rarely a hobby. LLMs expedite achieving the end result. Take from that what you will.

   1. ryandvm · 1785958616 · focus · HN ↗

      Yeah, in my experience, the people that got into software engineering because of the money are absolutely thrilled with how LLMs are changing the industry. They mostly just liked getting results and LLMs are great for that.

      The people like me that sort of just stumbled into this career as a result of spending the evenings of our youth trying to get the computer to do interesting things don't seem to have as much appreciation now that the LLMs are taking over the fun part.

      1. deterministic · 1785978490 · focus · HN ↗

         Not my experience at all. I taught myself assembly language when I was 11 just for fun, and I'm still programming as a hobby more than 40 years later, even though I also do it professionally.

         And I love using LLMs. They take care of all the boring boilerplate, letting me focus on the parts I actually enjoy.

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