There is a difference between being smart and acting smart.
replyI think that's exactly the point being made. __Acting__ smart gets you paid, not being smart, and that's like, not ideal.
replyThat's a good real world answer, but a terrible SWE interview answer.
replyI suspect a lot of businesses are going to make this mistake in the "SaaS is dead" era as companies try to eliminate $50k/mo subscriptions for boring business software, and they figure it's easier to burn AI tokens creating an internal solution they didn't plan on maintaining in the far future.
replyFunny times we're in right now.