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Cross posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/35627632

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We do a lot of real-time control software, and just yesterday we were taking about how the newer folks are really good at using available tools and libraries, but they have less understanding of what's happening underneath and they have problems when those tools don't/can't do what we need.

[–] jaybone 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I see the same thing with our newer folks. (And some older folks too.) and management seems to encourage it. Scary scary stuff. Because when something goes wrong there’s only a couple of people who can really figure it out. If I get hit by a bus or laid off, that’s going to be a big problem for them.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate 1 points 4 months ago

Yep, you get it. And it's really hard to get people to understand the value in learning to do that stuff without the tools.