So there are multiple people in this thread who state their job is to unfuck what the LLMs are doing. I have a family member who graduated in CS a year ago and is having a hell of a time finding work, how would he go about getting one of these "clean up after the model" jobs?

[–] CodeMonkey@programming.dev 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

No idea, but I am not sure your family member is qualified. I would estimate that a coding LLM can code as well as a fresh CS grad. The big advantage that fresh grads have is that after you give them a piece of advice once or twice, they stop making that same mistake.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 6 points 11 hours ago

a coding LLM can code as well as a fresh CS grad.

For a couple of hundred lines of code, they might even be above average. When you split that into a couple of files or start branching out, they usually start to struggle.

after you give them a piece of advice once or twice, they stop making that same mistake.

That's a damn good observation. Learning only happens with re-training and that's wayyy cheaper when done in meat.

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