Every software engineer has two phases 👇 Phase 1: Copy-paste from Stack Overflow, pray it works, and don’t touch it again 😅 Phase 2: You become the one writing answers, reviewing code, and mentoring others 🤝 Today’s AI tools—ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini—feel like the “sensei” guiding you through that journey. But remember… they don’t replace experience—they accelerate it. At the end of the day, debugging, understanding systems, and writing clean code… that’s still on you. Use the tools. Learn faster. But aim to become the developer others rely on. 🚀 #Developers #Programming #SoftwareEngineering #StackOverflow #AI #Coding #DevLife
sorry can't agree with this every sw-dev experiences this. it is individual and depends how someone started to learn coding.Phase 1: this i've heard so many times...it's junior level...who use this...well not for me in the past..i've read the comments, tried to understand teh predicted code solution, searched on the net why this works this way and that way...not everyone is just copy & paste it...just because the solution hit 30+ on stackoverflowPhase 2: if this is the situation one does its work in a company...try to find another one where communication and a better project-workflow is available. This should become clear after working within the team after Phase 1 is mastered. Otherwise you're stack in Phase1.:)
Totally valid perspective — and honestly, the way you described your Phase 1 (reading comments, understanding the why, researching how it works) is just a more disciplined version of the same learning curve. The post simplifies it for reach, not accuracy. In reality, the spectrum is wide — some developers start with bootcamps, some with CS degrees, some self-taught through trial and error. The throughline is that growth looks different for everyone. The broader message I was going for: AI tools are accelerators, not replacements for real understanding — which sounds like something you already figured out early on.