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RandomNumbers

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5. L - O - fucking L. "didn't pay as much attention ...." didn't start with AI

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Jun 28, 2026, 05:57 PM

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AI just makes it rampantly worse.

Big corporations have been dissing and dismissing their most experienced* engineers for a long time.

* "most experienced" usually means "oldest", i.e. at least over 45. Hello age discrimination.

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