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> If AI is a threat to software engineering, I wouldn't expect many software engineers to actively accelerate that trend. There are two strong forces at play.
by add-sub-mul-div 1y ago
> If AI is a threat to software engineering, I wouldn't expect many software engineers to actively accelerate that trend.
There are two strong forces at play. Employees generally want to put in the least amount of effort possible and go home at 5. Employers want to save money and pay for fewer employees. AI creates a strong symbiosis here and both sides are focused on a short term win.
- senectus1 1y ago>Employees generally want to put in the least amount of effort possible and go home at 5. Really? In my experience coding engineers are coders because they enjoy the challenge. they like building things, breaking things and rebuilding things. Its the white-collar 9-5 office workers that churn out power-point and word documents that want to do as little as possible.
- siddboots 1y agoSometime very soon we’ll cross a threshold where most people can do most of their coding through a tool like Claude and be more productive. It will feel like coding still, breaking and building things, but they will get more done in the same time. Everyone will switch.
- oulu2006 1y agoI'm already building whole projects now with AI -- not a single line of code by myself. I love it, I've coded for 25 years and I don't need to write another line ever again, I just want to build cool things as fast as possible.
- pizzalife 1y agoIf you work at a startup, sometimes you have to do extremely mundane and boring things unrelated to your expertise (“wear many hats”). AI is especially useful in those cases so you can quickly go back to working on things you enjoy.
- oulu2006 1y agonot just employees, founders as well :) as a serial founder, I find AI exciting because after my 3rd company, thinking of my 4th was quite exhausting but AI has re-invigorated by ambition to start another company.