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I think Cursor is great, it's really boosted what I can do. I think it's made me 3 -> 5x more valuable. Now, maybe it's done the same for other people as well
by sgt101 2y ago
I think Cursor is great, it's really boosted what I can do.
I think it's made me 3 -> 5x more valuable.
Now, maybe it's done the same for other people as well, but I think my co-efficient was high, and I continue to insist that I've never worked anywhere that had enough resource focused on software development. The demand has always massively exceeded the organisations ability to fund supply.
And, as many have noted lower costs can also boost demand.
Finally, off shore devs are on a longer cycle time for many reasons. If cost onshore are reduced then that cycle time will crush offshore competitive advantage. I don't see any prospect of me getting work from India or Indonesia, but I do see AI as a driver that will reduce work leaving the UK for other places.
- Cannabat 2y ago3 to 5 times more valuable is a huge leap. How do you measure this? Are you a software engineer?
- sgt101 2y agoI'm a managing consultant, so I don't have much time to do actual work (due to having to chat up clients and tell other people what to do). With cursor I can do what would have taken me an afternoon, previously, in an hour. This is huge for me, because I can realise ideas and show people how to solve problems whereas bc (before cursor) I was reduced to saying "I'm sure that will work if we do it that way" and hoping that my folks would follow through on the thinking themselves. Cursor supports me in two ways. 1) It gets things moving - I can put all the boilerplate and infrastructure to build something in place in a few minutes. 2) It removes road blocks. When I get stuck it gives me fixes. Now I recognise it's all from Stack Exchange, basically, but it's a terrific interface for that knowledge. What it doesn't do is provide new knowledge or ideas for fixing things. That has to come from upstairs still, but that's never been an issue for me.
- layer8 2y ago> I think it's made me 3 -> 5x more valuable. You should negotiate a corresponding raise!
- belter 2y agoThe AI will sue for a part of the proceeds....
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- hyperG 2y agoI think we are simply seeing mean reversion from the previous far from equilibrium state. I am a terrible programmer but probably could have BSed my way into a jr front end role with enough effort circa 2019. The reason I didn't is exactly because of right now. I would be unemployed and chasing dev jobs with zero chance of landing. Instead I was learning Julia today with the help of language models because I can stretch out and explore with not needing a job. Right now is just the shake out of the pretender software engineers like I would have been. People like you will be fine. People like me should be doing something else anyway.