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NoChatGPT · 21 Feb 2025

I use ChatGPT every day pretty much, but it has wasted quite a bit of my time

datpuz on Hacker News

In the thread “Software engineering job openings hit five-year low?”, replying to this comment

Helped: Boilerplate code that didn't need Googling or typing.

Got in the way: Wasted time; output is convincing but not useful for majority of work.

… If you're more senior, is probably very low or even negative. I use ChatGPT every day pretty much, but it has wasted quite a bit of my time. When it does save me time, it's almost just some boilerplate I didn't have to Google or type out. …