Is the golden era of the (software) engineer over?

https://the-ken.com/newsletters/two-by-two/is-the-golden-era-of-the-software-engineer-over/

by begueradj • 2 years ago

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rwmj• 2 years ago

Did the author of this article ever look at the output of AI coding systems? Did they try anything more complicated than a simple coding exercise?

If you choose an AI as your tech co-founder, then you deserve what you get.

m0rde• 2 years ago

He's not actually making that point.

In this kind of an environment, most of the technical people you are hiring are your “programming language feeders”.
These are people who take the logic from you. They do not determine the logic.
And they will translate it into a language that the computer understands. AI can naturally do that, which is why non-technical people who get exposed to the coding abilities of an LLM get so super excited. You know, like, “oh, I have found my technical co-founder”. If your technical co-founder was doing this, you were anyway screwed.

Is the golden era of the (software) engineer over?

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