Re: Microsoft admits 30% of code not written by humans

On Thu, 5/1/2025 8:51 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:

On 2025-05-01 04:22, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:17:49 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
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Another reason not to use Microsoft's software: they are actively
destroying jobs for human beings.

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Apparently Google is doing much the same.

 
That might explain why the guy I went to high school with, who was
Director of Engineering at Microsoft and then Google, now works
for some AI company called Snowflake.

Only the persons using those tools, can tell us whether
they're good enough to replace someone. I'm not convinced
the behavior of the agents is good enough at the moment,
to remove anyone.

People are constantly removed in big companies. There
can be a 5%-10% turnover rate, just based on performance.
That's going to continue.

Technical jobs require synthesis and analysis. The lower
levels of the synthesis are being nibbled at. There's
no reason to panic quite yet.

One problem at Microsoft, is working in a department
with a rather large head count, and not being given work
which is key to the success of your department. There
are likely a large number of people who could be
terminated at a moments notice. All they need,
is an excuse to belt tighten. Is there such a
reason to belt tighten ? if so, THEN I would be worried.

We had people like that at my work. Given jobs that
did not contribute a lot. No opportunity to look like
stars. They still had jobs though. But it's rather
thin ice to be standing on, and there were few
opportunities to move in the company, to a star-maker
position. This is just the nature of the industry.
But if it is deemed an axe must fall, it cuts deep.
That's how Intel can lay of 20,000 people. A lot
of people, standing on thin ice for a long time. And
no place to run. The lower level management knew
exactly what they were doing.

General Motors, at one point, knew it wanted to
hire 10,000 people, because of the "software content
of cars". When you announce you are hiring in such
numbers, what does that tell you about the star-maker
nature of the positions ? That's 100 "good" jobs, and
9900 people standing on thin ice. When the axe falls
later, it will cut deep.

   Paul