No audit this week. Over the summer people kept asking us the same questions — in
interviews, on other podcasts, in LinkedIn comments — so we opened a beer and answered
them straight. This is part one, and it is all people questions.

What are the two traits that separate a developer from an engineer, and does AI change
the answer? Do you still hire junior developers when a model is faster than they are?
Should a new hire be allowed to use AI in their first 90 days? And would you promote
your best engineer into a job they never applied for?
No frameworks, no hot takes. Just what we have actually done and what it cost us.

CHAPTERS

00:00 What we’re drinking
02:36 Why this is a Q&A episode
04:24 Q1 — The two traits that separate a developer from an engineer
08:54 What AI actually changes about that answer
10:01 Waterfall, Agile, and why the mindset shifted
12:10 Q2 — Do you still hire junior developers?
16:07 Q3 — Should a new hire use AI in their first 90 days?
18:49 Q4 — Promoting people into jobs they never applied for
22:34 When someone applies for a role they are not ready for

Part 2 — agents, blame and guardrails — drops next Monday.

Boozy Browsing is Meeky Hwang and Matt Dorman taking apart real websites and the
decisions behind them. Pour Decisions in Web Development.

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