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> AI-assisted coding products drastically reduce the barrier to entry to becoming a “developer.” Regardless of the “random person thinking out loud with nothin

> AI-assisted coding products drastically reduce the barrier to entry to becoming a “developer.” Regardless of the “random person thinking out loud with nothing but their own opinion as evidence” aspect to this article, they really are on the money with this one little fragment of their post. Lots and lots of developers, and no meaningful difference between someone who took a two week “how do I write prompts” course and someone who spent 4 years at university. Learning programming. Or law. Or business. Or teaching. Or writing. That’s the future I see coming, in probably the next 3 years. However, as great that might be for companies who like cheap ass labour, it may not be great for individuals… I think it’s fair to say it’ll be disruptive, that’s for sure.

jstx1 3y ago
There's still a big difference between someone with experience and someone without, LLMs haven't bridged that gap. Knowing how to use an LLM, having access to a good one, using it regularly anywhere you can, you would still get, what - 10%, 20% increase in productivity? It's significant but it's not "your experience and education don't matter" level of significant. And on the other side of the room some people are still arguing whether these things are useful for anything at all.
- wokwokwok 3y ago
  > There's still a big difference between someone with experience and someone without, LLMs haven't bridged that gap Yet.
  - avgcorrection 3y ago
    > Yet. (c) 1960–