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I wonder sometimes what will cause all us thousands of software-engineers to become obsolete. Not that long ago, we'd be a massive workforce of engineers, arme
by neals 11y ago
I wonder sometimes what will cause all us thousands of software-engineers to become obsolete.
Not that long ago, we'd be a massive workforce of engineers, armed with sliderules, calculating away.
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In 100 years, we'll be the people in that poster, but what will replace us? Smart software? Quantum computing?
- nothrabannosir 11y agoAren't we those people in the poster? Didn't they become us?
- skatenerd 11y agodid you operate a slide rule in a previous job?
- vile 11y agoyou must have missed the part of that advertisment which reads "No longer must valuable engineering personnel ... spend priceless creative time at routine figuring" They're not obsolete at all, they're just doing better things with their time.