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joshstrangetoday at 12:22 PM2 repliesview on HN

> Developers are scribes - we have sacred knowledge that is now being democratized because everyone can do it due to good enough tools. As a result, we won't be needed much going forward.

The ability to solve problems is what’s important. Not your ability to remember things or to hold sacred knowledge.


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vunderbatoday at 5:01 PM

This. Software development probably requires some of the least boilerplate memorization in all of STEM. Deductive reasoning and imagination are far more important than being flexing that you’ve committed quicksort to memory.

0x20cowboytoday at 7:37 PM

If that were true, industry interview processes would be very different.