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I had a teacher in undergrad (over 20 years ago) who said UML and code generation are getting so advanced, 5 years out, you likely won't be coding anymore. In

I had a teacher in undergrad (over 20 years ago) who said UML and code generation are getting so advanced, 5 years out, you likely won't be coding anymore. In the early 00s, there was tremendous outsourcing going on. Some people said Western programmer salaries will collapse. So your anxiety is nothing new. I think of ChatGPT-like tech to be like grammar checker. It will make your job easier. Also, it is interesting to consider how chip design works these days. My understanding (as a software person) is that there are more people doing test-verification harnesses/QA of sorts than designing the basic blocks. This model may be how things go in software.

ksaj 4y ago
Exactly this. Even previous to that, we were told Lisp and Rapid Prototyping would end programming languages like C. And yet C is still here, although it looks quite different and has branched out a whole lot. And Lisp is still here, but has nowhere near the legs even if it is so much nicer to work with. Programming line-by-line is still the de facto way to go even though Rapid Prototyping folks said it would not be.