Got my performance review today.

[ganxel@oldbytes.space]

@fn0rd I was interviewing for Hubspot recently, and spent about 30 mins chatting with the recruiter before she said "ok so there's a code test, then systems design test, then another code test, then of course the AI fluency test, then a hiring manager call..."
I satd "sorry, what's an AI fluency test?"
"Oh, well just a standard test because you need to use AI for everyday coding"
"Aha... do you mean, it's available as a tool for engineers when they see fit, or like they MUST use it X number of times per day?"
"Yes."
"...?"

[fn0rd@mastodon.social]

@sanityinc Truly appreciate the kind words!

[tseitr@mastodon.sdf.org]

@fn0rd

MHS == My hierarchical superior

MHS : are you still resisting?

Me : eerr, yes, no use for it, it is just giving the most likely answer, not the correct one...

MHS: your views are absolutely not alligned with the company

MHS : we do no forcing but *proceed to talk 30 mins about AI*

[sabik@rants.au]

@fn0rd
Use AI to generate enthusiastic (fictional) reports about how you and your team use AI?

#GenAI #LLM

[julesbl@mastodon.me.uk]

@fn0rd I know someone who works for a firm who is shoving AI down everyone's throat, he is superb at his job, does not need the ai, but he has to blow a load of coins each month or they will fire him
It is so fustrating hearing things like this

[ilookloud@retro.pizza]

@fn0rd the part about lowering your grade for not being enthusiastic about AI comes from your team or from somewhere else?

[pat@hachyderm.io]

@fn0rd on the off chance you're in Australia or New Zealand (though not South Australia), this role is with a lot of excellent humans, many of whom don't use AI much at all. https://www.ethicaljobs.com.au/members/assemblyfour/engineering-manager-remote-work-from-home?keywords=Assembly%20Four

[diazona@techhub.social]

@fn0rd @mason Yeah there are some. It's just that you don't hear about them as much because the "tech evangelists" who amplify voices get more attention when they talk about being all-in on AI.

I suppose I should say, it depends on what exactly you mean by drinking the Kool-Ade. If it means forcing employees to use AI tools whether or not it makes sense, then I'm sure there are a lot of companies not doing that (e.g. I work for one), whether because they're cautious, pragmatic, strapped for cash, or simply don't see the point in changing something they don't need. But if it means allowing any use of AI tools at all, I'm sure there are still some companies meeting that criterion, but they're probably in industries far removed from tech.

[fn0rd@mastodon.social]

@sabik Too easy to verify, I'm afraid. But I *have* been using it for low-value work, mostly anything to do with communicating with my manager :).

[fn0rd@mastodon.social]

@ilookloud From my manager who assigns the ranking.

[fn0rd@mastodon.social]

@pat Appreciate the support, but I'm afraid I'm on the wrong continent for this position

[ellyxir@humanwords.cc]

@fn0rd@mastodon.social sure but how do you feel about bitcoins and cryptocurrencies ? 🫣

[ilookloud@retro.pizza]

@fn0rd I see. That's awful. I hope your colleagues' perspective and opinion of you as a manager countervails this insanity at least in part.

[fn0rd@mastodon.social]

@ellyxir That is, as a former colleague used to say, "funny, but not 'Ha-Ha' funny".

[sabik@rants.au]

@fn0rd
Verify how?

If you're required to burn tokens, burn tokens ‍️

If there may be spot checks, you can set it up so when you start to work on a ticket, you also send the code and the ticket to an agent, then don't look at its output (until after you've finished, if at all)

#GenAI #LLM #MaliciousCompliance

[lorancou@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@fn0rd Obviously you are not addressing the right problems, duh

[pascaline@mastodon.nl]

@fn0rd

That's such a shame, really.
Appreciated by humans, not by the ones who outsourced their critical thinking to AI.

[fn0rd@mastodon.social]

@lorancou Yup. We call that "being misaligned with corporate priorities".

[wingedsnake@mastodon.berlin]

@fn0rd Having morals and a clear view is not in every environment appreciated.

[ninafelwitch@tech.lgbt]

@fn0rd
My manager is completely useless. Can't do anything right. Can't even do basic copy-paste properly. Another manager is absolutely incompetent. But he LOVES genAI. Does everything with it. EVERYTHING.

I hate it so much.