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This to me is a perfect example of selling snake oil. The cherry on top is the TED talk-style mannerisms and thoughtful pauses. Makes it all seem a bit less sna
by Cyph0n 3y ago
This to me is a perfect example of selling snake oil. The cherry on top is the TED talk-style mannerisms and thoughtful pauses. Makes it all seem a bit less snake oil-y.
- LastTrain 3y agoI think there is a certain set that hopes this kind of fear-mongering will create downward pressure on CS salaries, but if the net result is to scare people out of the industry it may have the opposite effect.
- hashtag-til 3y agoI was exacty thinking about that. You sell the dream for management that - for a reasonable subscription to their statup product - you can have theses models to replace, say 10% of your engineers. Models take no holidays, don’t get bonuses and don’t complain. The downside is that once your system turns into a dumpster fire, you pay ten times for some human to fix it :)
- LastTrain 3y agoI'm almost an old-timer now, and will be by then. I remember when I first started as a SE and we had some old COBOL guys come out of retirement for Y2K patching. They were laughing all the way to the bank to fix problems they'd made 20 years earlier. If and when we do get to 'prompt programming' there will be lucrative work for people that can untangle what goes wrong under the hood, because the prompt writers sure the fuck won't know.
- svaha1728 3y agoI'm guessing it will dip for a couple years, then rise as we are called on to refactor the mess that was made.
- Cyph0n 3y agoGood point - never really thought about it that way.
- hashtag-til 3y agoThe speaker defines himself as a serial entrepreneur, which matches with your definition.