@Meher Correct. But more senior devs are expected to spend time helping juniors. As a dev lead, I'm set to lower capacity for that exact reason.

AI has further lowered the barrier to writing horrible code. This just means the average skill and the average code quality will continue decrease.

@IntrusionCM oh jeez. Thank God I'm completely rebuilding this application. The horrors are numerous. It houses ePHI data too.

@rados Pretty much. Different CMS but yup.

@deadlyRants That was only the beginning. I've interviewed 7+ devs who can't write Fizz Buzz. One pretended she couldn't hear us because she didn't know the answers. Others just BS with long replies that make zero sense. They aren't developers, they're little code monkeys that make tiny changes or do upgrades.

@TeachMeCode No, she didn't know anything. Finally got out of her that she only did upgrades and very tiny code fixes.

only two weeks? Oh you're just getting started! Yeah it really sucks when requirements can't be put into stone let alone half melted ice cream.

Wow. Yeah that's when I'd add a new user story called "make employer redundant" with the acceptance criteria "as a developer, I'd like to do my work without micromanagement, so that I can do my job in peace.". I'd be sure to walk it through all the status columns for management that's watching your progress so closely.

@eo2875 OMG literally me trying to explain JavaScript charting libraries to management. No matter which we use, I STILL have to integrate it into the CMS to make it customizable.