Your product as a programmer isn't code

Name: Your product as a programmer isn't code
Uploaded: 2026-09-25
Duration: 57 s
Description: If you're a junior developer, or still in college picking a degree, think hard about whether computer science is where you want to be. The juniors I feel worst for already lost a couple of years of college to COVID, and now they're graduating into a job market that isn't hiring them.

Sep 25, 2026 · 0:57 · 263 views · on YouTube

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If you're a junior developer, or still in college picking a degree, think hard about whether computer science is where you want to be. The juniors I feel worst for already lost a couple of years of college to COVID, and now they're graduating into a job market that isn't hiring them.

Slop-o-meter 11 A PINCH OF SLOP

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Where the AI went
Motion graphics & lyrics	Captions timed by whisper, coded by Claude	+3.8
Direction & edit	Claude cut the rambles from my notes	+3.8
Animation & render code	Claude coded the caption and cut renders	+2
Audio cleanup & stems	Voice cleaned and dead air cut	+1.5

No AI: Lyrics & script · Generated video · Generated music & vocals · Generated images

By hand: the idea · the script · my voice · the gameplay

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