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bwestergardtoday at 3:32 PM0 repliesview on HN

This expresses so well the concerns I've had as I've increasingly leaned into using Copilot at work.

The mismatch in time horizons between employers and developers will be so vexing.

At any given time, the profit-maximizing strategy for each employer is to have engineers ship features as quickly as possible. For each employee, it is rational to retain and strengthen skills by avoiding some amount of cognitive offloading.

Most insidiously, the temptation of cognitive offloading for the employee aligns with the profit-maximizing strategy of the employer.