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Has Cursor Cooked Junior Developers for Good?

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Send a text and I may answer it on next episode (I cannot reply from this service 😢)

Cursor is an AI-powered text editor for coders. Let me be honest - if I was a junior developer, I'd feel a little nervous looking at what it's capable of doing.

But I'm not. So I'm not.

Let's explore why Cursor is an amazing tool that will cause a ton of headaches when used improperly and what you can do as a junior developer to to create a technical moat to be "AI-proof."

Shameless Plugs
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Parsity's The Inner Circle Program - a highly customized roadmap to take you from 0 to hired. For career changers who want to pivot into software.

💼 Zubin's LinkedIn (ex-lawyer, former Google, Brian-look-a-like)

👂🏻Easier Said Than Done Podcast

Already a developer? Check out 👉 Not Another Course

Serious about joining Parsity? Schedule a call with me ☎️

  continue reading

Chapters

1. Has Cursor Cooked Junior Developers for Good? (00:00:00)

2. Introduction to AI Anxiety (00:00:24)

3. Limitations of AI Coding Tools (00:09:04)

4. The Full Software Development Lifecycle (00:17:05)

5. Beyond Just Writing Code (00:31:10)

6. System Design as Career Protection (00:36:15)

7. Final Thoughts and Encouragement (00:48:14)

238 episodes

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Manage episode 471184138 series 3399111
Content provided by Brian Jenney. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Brian Jenney or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

Send a text and I may answer it on next episode (I cannot reply from this service 😢)

Cursor is an AI-powered text editor for coders. Let me be honest - if I was a junior developer, I'd feel a little nervous looking at what it's capable of doing.

But I'm not. So I'm not.

Let's explore why Cursor is an amazing tool that will cause a ton of headaches when used improperly and what you can do as a junior developer to to create a technical moat to be "AI-proof."

Shameless Plugs
🧠 (NEW)
Parsity's The Inner Circle Program - a highly customized roadmap to take you from 0 to hired. For career changers who want to pivot into software.

💼 Zubin's LinkedIn (ex-lawyer, former Google, Brian-look-a-like)

👂🏻Easier Said Than Done Podcast

Already a developer? Check out 👉 Not Another Course

Serious about joining Parsity? Schedule a call with me ☎️

  continue reading

Chapters

1. Has Cursor Cooked Junior Developers for Good? (00:00:00)

2. Introduction to AI Anxiety (00:00:24)

3. Limitations of AI Coding Tools (00:09:04)

4. The Full Software Development Lifecycle (00:17:05)

5. Beyond Just Writing Code (00:31:10)

6. System Design as Career Protection (00:36:15)

7. Final Thoughts and Encouragement (00:48:14)

238 episodes

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