This is for prompting an LLM. The “senior dev” in this case is not coding anything and neither are typing anything. The idea is that speaking to the LLM is faster than typing a conversation with it.
And apparently junior devs are clamoring to eavesdrop on how senior devs are prompting the LLM and that’s a problem. I can see the problem of being in an open office plan and having a ton of folks talking over another but the solution is just cubicles and not this face hugger microphone
My office’s open floors have a thorough setup of noise dampening elements. The floor is some fancy carpet, the ceiling lined with some kind of foam elements, each desk has a backing made of that stuff too, and it works fairly well to keep the noise level manageable even when five people around me are in calls (which, given they’re second level support, happens fairly often). Our headset have ANC and some fancy built in voice isolation system, so it’s not even a bother for people on the other end.
Sure, it’s not cheap, but it’s neither as isolating as cubicles nor some dystopian bullshit like this. There are solutions if you’re willing to spend on them (and after making a show of leading by example, our boss somehow got very willing to spend that money…)
This is for prompting an LLM. The “senior dev” in this case is not coding anything and neither are typing anything. The idea is that speaking to the LLM is faster than typing a conversation with it.
And apparently junior devs are clamoring to eavesdrop on how senior devs are prompting the LLM and that’s a problem. I can see the problem of being in an open office plan and having a ton of folks talking over another but the solution is just cubicles and not this face hugger microphone
Honestly I wish we had muzzles on people in the offices I’ve worked in in the past.
My office’s open floors have a thorough setup of noise dampening elements. The floor is some fancy carpet, the ceiling lined with some kind of foam elements, each desk has a backing made of that stuff too, and it works fairly well to keep the noise level manageable even when five people around me are in calls (which, given they’re second level support, happens fairly often). Our headset have ANC and some fancy built in voice isolation system, so it’s not even a bother for people on the other end.
Sure, it’s not cheap, but it’s neither as isolating as cubicles nor some dystopian bullshit like this. There are solutions if you’re willing to spend on them (and after making a show of leading by example, our boss somehow got very willing to spend that money…)
My comment is in reference to the first sentence in the post saying “the keyboard era is over.”