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> CEOs have this dream of firing all their "obnoxious" engineers, and "vibe-coding" their own products. Give one of the key skills of a CEO's is pulling togeth
by DrScientist 2y ago
> CEOs have this dream of firing all their "obnoxious" engineers, and "vibe-coding" their own products.
Give one of the key skills of a CEO's is pulling together the resources to make something happen, what happens to CEO's if you no longer need resources to make stuff happen?
ie if everybody can Vibe code, vibe market, vibe deploy - aren't you going to be swamped with competitors?
So the interesting thought experiment here is - in such an environment - what are the critical success factors?
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- supriyo-biswas 2y agoMostly that in such a reality software engineering will cease to be a thing; however industries based around physical resources such as manufacturing, construction and healthcare will continue to employ people, and by extension, the CEO.
- moregrist 2y ago> Give one of the key skills of a CEO's is pulling together the resources to make something happen, what happens to CEO's if you no longer need resources to make stuff happen? Never underestimate how much importance a lot of people in middle and upper management place in the number of reports they have. It’s almost a <thing> measuring contest with some of them. They’ll hire people. It might not be in engineering. But I bet they’ll find a reason to hire more engineering. It might even be justified. Software productivity has been increasing for decades. This has not led to a smaller number of software engineers. Only to more ambitious projects. The future might be different, but I think the chances of that are small.