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Drawn from what Lex Fridman said
empathy Feeling what others feel: whether it makes better makers, leaders and people, or is a poor guide that should give way to compassion.
It’s actually how good they are at programming is almost a burden in their ability to empathize with the system that’s starting from scratch. It’s a totally new paradigm of, like, how to program. You really, really have to empathize.
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Hansson says the gains accrue to senior programmers, because judging whether output can ship is what made them senior. Fridman says being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents. The same expertise is the asset in one account and the obstacle in the other.
Shared subject first, then similar wording. They may agree or disagree.