Interviewee Can't Assign an Object Attribute, Sparking Debate Over AI-Dependent Coding
FrankFelixAI · x · 2026-09-17
An interview story ignited a debate on AI reliance in software engineering. Interviewer @BennX1 described a code-review-style technical round where a candidate couldn't even assign an attribute to an object, arguing people underestimate how much AI reliance has eroded engineers' fundamentals.
Quoted in response, @bvchidra pushed back: not knowing object attributes doesn't make someone a bad engineer. She openly says she doesn't read code, won't learn to, and simply asks AI to read the file and explain what's happening.
The exchange captures the two poles of the ongoing 'do engineers still need to code?' argument in the AI era.
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