AI has killed my coding career
I have some negative emotions that need to be vented. I paid a lot of money for this coding bootcamp. $8,400 to be exact. Now I have less than five weeks left in my course and I feel like I’ve squandered it.
But this is all my fault.
In this course, I rely heavily on ChatGPT. Help me with problem solving, getting started, debugging and coaching. Hell, it even had a positive impact on me when I doubted my skills. However, such a severe tilt diminishes my knowledge.
How could such an incredible tool become so harmful?
What I should do is take the Endeavor Bus as soon as possible. When I say “This is just a tool we should use, it would be a waste not to use it.” I actually dug my own hole.
Now I’m in a situation where I’m learning MongoDB, Mongoose, Express, React, Node.js, GraphQL, Typescript, Query, Mutation, typeDefs and parsers, and the amount of exposure is staggering. I have been inundated with information for five months now, more than the course has to offer so far. I learned about processes and tools, strategies and libraries, languages and grammars that I had never seen before. I once had a conversation with someone who had a deeper understanding of these concepts than my classmates. I’ve learned a lot from ChatGPT and I’m grateful. Now that I have realized this, I will be able to use my powers for good instead of evil. This article was written entirely by my human brain, without the help of a large language model.
2024-12-23 04:42:34