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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Even university students studying computer science don't have this basic knowledge anymore.

[–] heavydust 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's a sample of 1, but we hired a young guy with a CS Master's degree. I told him in polite ways that he should not use ChatGPT and his code sucked. When he was told to fix something, he rewrote it completely with a new prompt instead of understanding bugs. He didn't last more than 2 months.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Damn, I never even thought of the implications for compsci. That's gotta be an interesting challenge for profs these days.