It really does feel like that. Like it’s mutually beneficial for Sam and MSFT to team up in the short term while Sam figures out his next move and MSFT tries to keep OpenAI afloat for the time being
I love typing - it just makes a little ping in my little lizard brain. But if one of my jr teammates are typing out every single character of their code I will slap their ass and teach them about autocomplete and github copilot. So much faster to have jr type their code (as in define the types) and leave the typing (as in the writing) to the editor.
That still doesn't stop us from having typing (as in writing) races at the office which is a fun thing.
If rephrase that as “use moments of inefficiency to teach juniors how to use their tools better”
Showing someone how to use column edit, or macros, or automated method refactor, will change their productivity dramatically. It’s the role of leaders to teach and empower.
The article makes a good point about how little of software development consists of typing. This matches with my experience also, over several decades. There are so many things to optimize before "code input speed".
20 years ago, one of our guys hurt his arm and had his arm in a sling. The customer asked for a 50% discount on his rate - it was clear they saw software development as "fancy typing" rather than a process of turning business requirements into functional software.
