What kind of logic is this?

ChatGPT automates much of my friend's work at PwC making her more productive --> not a sign that ChatGPT has any value

Farming machines automated much of what a farmer used to have to do by himself making him more productive --> not a sign that farming machines have any value

The output of a farm is food or commodities to be turned into food.

The output of PwC -- whoops, here goes any chance of me working there -- is presentations and reports.

“We’re entering a bold new chapter driven by sharper thinking, deeper expertise and an unwavering focus on what’s next. We’re not here just to help clients keep pace, we’re here to bring them to the leading edge.”

That's on the front page of their website, describing what PwC does.

Now, what did PwC used to do? Accounting and auditing. Worthwhile things, but adjuncts to running a business properly, rather than producing goods and services.

The output of her work isn’t presentations and reports. The actual output is raising money and making successful deals. This requires convincing investors mostly which is very hard to do.

Look up what M&A is.

>Look how what M&A is.

Mergers and Aquisitions? If that's the right acronym I hate it even more, thank you.

But yes, I can see how automating the BS of corporate culture then using it to impress people (who also don't care anyway) by saying "I made this with AI" can be "productive". Not really a job I can do, though.

Classic software developer mindset. Thinks nothing is valuable except writing code.

If you saw my rant on monopolistic mergers and thought "he only cares about writing code", then it's clear who's really in the software mindset.

What?

If you think convincing investors to give you hundreds of millions is easier than writing code, you’re out of your mind.

I find it’s mostly a sign of how lazy people get once you introduce them to some new technology that requires less effort for them.

Most developers can't do much work without an IDE and Chrome + Google.

Would you say that their work has no value?

This is probably the only place I can properly say "Programmers should be brought up with vim and man pages", so I'll say it here.

Anyways, IDE's don't try to offload the thinking for you, it's more like an abacus. You still need to work in it a while and learn the workflow before it's more efficient than a text editor + docs.

Chrome is a trickier aspect, because the reality is that a lot of modern docs completely suck. So you rely less on official documentation and more about how others have navigated an IDE and if those options work for you. I'd rather we make proper documentation than offload it into a black box that may or may not understand what it's spouting out to you, though.