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   Volpeon :drgn_verified: :drgn_smol: (volpeon@is-a.wyvern.rip)'s status on Sunday, 08-Sep-2024 15:39:08 JST Volpeon :drgn_verified: :drgn_smol:

   Imagine if we treated other areas the same way as software and the widespread performance problems.
   
   "Yes, the buildings around us are falling apart, but low-skill structural engineers should be able to contribute. A 3-month bootcamp is good enough to teach someone with no prior knowledge all the basics. We need to find solutions that don't exclude so many people."

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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Sunday, 08-Sep-2024 15:39:07 JST iced depresso

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     @volpeon you probably could teach people to build panel homes within a year :what_cirno: the structural safety codes are already written. most of the problem is contractors trying to cheat them to save money.
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     「 Coolest Fristi 」 (fristi@56k.dile-up.nl)'s status on Sunday, 08-Sep-2024 16:22:45 JST 「 Coolest Fristi 」

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     @volpeon the problem is that they are called low-skill workers.
     
     They're not low-skill workers. They are apprentices. Their work needs to be checked and corrected. Time needs to be available for them to learn by fucking up and retrying. Mentors need to be available to guide them.
     
     This is what we have in construction and why things don't go to shit despite having "underskilled" workers. But this is not something the software industry cares to do, because software company managers are some of the most incapable idiots that only care about dollar sign and are too short sighted to understand that to get capable people, you'll need to invest in them. You can't get good results with a big monkey farm, and capable programmers don't grow on trees.
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Sunday, 08-Sep-2024 16:27:15 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @fristi @volpeon Weirdest is like for constructions materials and equipments are pretty expensive, while in software the only expensive bit is time, most hardware is cheap enough for hobbyists to buy.
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     araly (araly@gamedev.lgbt)'s status on Monday, 09-Sep-2024 06:26:59 JST araly

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     @fristi @volpeon yes, and the way you bring juniors up to speed is not by paying for a bootcamp and hoping they learn everything in 3 months. you give each of these juniors a mentor, and you give them proper tasks, with the understanding that it will be slow at first, and will take a lot of time from the mentor. and then slowly over the course of a year or so, the junior will be more comfortable and faster (by which I mean less error prone really)

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