Hacker News with Generative AI: Skills

Avoiding skill atrophy in the age of AI (addyo.substack.com)
The rise of AI assistants in coding has sparked a paradox: we may be increasing productivity, but at risk of losing our edge to skill atrophy if we’re not careful. Skill atrophy refers to the decline or loss of skills over time due to lack of use or practice.

Artificial Intelligence, Coding, Skills, Productivity

217 points by NotInOurNames 20 hours ago | 234 comments

What qualities should an excellent product manager possess? (ycombinator.com)
Here are some of my thoughts, which might be wrong or incomplete, and I welcome discussion on them.

Product Management, Leadership, Skills, Management

5 points by noahgwok 44 days ago | 3 comments

What Makes Technology Good? (thomaslemstrom.substack.com)
I like the simple word ‘skill’. A skill is not just a trick—it’s what enables survival and success. Many things are skills. Reading is not just words—it’s a way to unlock the world. Selling is not just a hustle—it can be the power over your fate.

Technology, Skills, Success, Reading, Selling

7 points by thomaslemstrom 48 days ago | 0 comments

Troubleshooting: A skill that never goes obsolete (autodidacts.io)
Much of what I do, in multiple fields, could be reduced to one skill: troubleshooting.

Troubleshooting, Skills, Career Advice

406 points by surprisetalk 60 days ago | 137 comments

Show HN: I analyzed 1500+ job ads to find the most wanted skills by recruiters (skillsets.tech)
Discover the most wanted skills by recruiters

Data Analysis, Job Search, Skills, Recruitment

45 points by jurajstefanic 66 days ago | 37 comments

Ask HN: Want to keep my software engineering skills sharp (ycombinator.com)
I currently started work as a data analyst. For a data analyst, the work is quite programming heavy actually (e.g. we don't use Excel but Jupyter). But for a software engineer, the amount of programming feels low. It's more like creating quick scripts.

Software Engineering, Data Analysis, Programming, Skills

19 points by mettamage 103 days ago | 35 comments

Graduate Degrees Are Overrated (lemire.me)
Though I have many brilliant graduate students, I love working with undergraduate students. And I am not at all sure that you should favor people with graduate degrees, given a choice. Many graduate students tend to favor abstraction over practical skills. They often have an idealized view of the world. Moreover, these students are often consumed by research projects, theses, or dissertations, and the publication of scientific articles, which limits their time for concrete actions.

Education, Higher Education, Skills, Academia

3 points by ibobev 164 days ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: Anyone learned art (drawing, caricature etc.) as an adult? (ycombinator.com)
Any form of art. Started with zero natural talent as an adult and got decently good at it? If yes, how did you do it?

Learning, Art, Adult Education, Skills, Drawing

95 points by akudha 202 days ago | 91 comments

Do programmers need touch typing? (hakanserce.com)
Touch typing (also called touch type or touch keyboarding) is typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys. Specifically, a touch typist will know their location on the keyboard through muscle memory. (Wikipedia)

Programming, Typing, Skills

24 points by amichail 229 days ago | 65 comments

Athletes and musicians pursue virtuosity in fundamental skills (andymatuschak.org)

Skills, Music, Sports, Virtuosity

159 points by JustinSkycak 237 days ago | 154 comments

Ask HN: What skills/things are you learning? (ycombinator.com)

Learning, Skills, Career Development, Community

23 points by sawirricardo 255 days ago | 48 comments

Speedo-Shaped Skillset (scottantipa.com)

Software, Humor, Skills, Web Development

8 points by escot 255 days ago | 11 comments

Ask HN: Skills to Learn for Wartime? (ycombinator.com)