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Your probably bosses think it's worth it if the outcome is getting rid of the whole host of y'all and replace you with AWS Elastic-SWE instances. Which is why i

by overfeed 11mo ago

Your probably bosses think it's worth it if the outcome is getting rid of the whole host of y'all and replace you with AWS Elastic-SWE instances. Which is why it's imperative that you maximize AI usage.

Capricorn2481 11mo ago
So instead of firing and replacing me with AI my boss will pay me to use AI he would've used..?
- overfeed 11mo ago
  No one's switching to AI cold turkey. Think of it as training your own, cheaper replacement. SWEs & their line managers develop & test AI workflows, while giving the bosses time to evaluate AI capabilities, then hopefully shrink the headcount as close to 0 as possible without shrinking profits. Right now, it's juniors who're getting squeezed.
  - whstl 11mo ago
    I don't think bosses are smart enough to pull this off.
    - overfeed 11mo ago
      Increasing profits by reducing the cost of doing business isn't a complicated scheme. It's been done thousands of times, over many decades; first with cheaper contractors replacing full-time staff, then offshore labor, and now they are attempting to use AI.
      - whstl 11mo ago
        It's not complicated because "bosses" accomplish this by saying "let's reduce the cost of doing business" to someone who actually does whatever is needed. The value of a boss/manager when there's no employees to do the work is negative. AI won't change this.
        overfeed 11mo ago
        > "bosses" accomplish this by saying "let's reduce the cost of doing business" to someone who actually does whatever is needed I don't know where you work, but in my experience, headcount reductions are strictly a top-down exercise. At best, the bosses may ask line managers who the essential people on their teams are. At worst, they get handed a list of people to fire, and they themselves may get the boot right after.
        whstl 11mo ago
        Yeah, that's the whole point. "Some boss says reduce head count" and that's the amount of "work" done from that "boss". Even the execution of "reducing head count" is done by everyone else.
imbnwa 11mo ago
They’ll be replaced with cheaper humans in Mexico using those Copilot seats, that’s much more tangible and obvious, no need to wait for genius level AI
monkaiju 11mo ago
My bosses aren't pushing it at all. The normal cargo-cult temptations have pulled on some fellow SWEs, but its being pretty effectively pushed back on by its own failings, paired with SWEs who use it being outperformed by those who dont. > edit for spelling

Capricorn2481 11mo ago

So instead of firing and replacing me with AI my boss will pay me to use AI he would've used..?

overfeed 11mo ago
No one's switching to AI cold turkey. Think of it as training your own, cheaper replacement. SWEs & their line managers develop & test AI workflows, while giving the bosses time to evaluate AI capabilities, then hopefully shrink the headcount as close to 0 as possible without shrinking profits. Right now, it's juniors who're getting squeezed.
- whstl 11mo ago
  I don't think bosses are smart enough to pull this off.
  - overfeed 11mo ago
    Increasing profits by reducing the cost of doing business isn't a complicated scheme. It's been done thousands of times, over many decades; first with cheaper contractors replacing full-time staff, then offshore labor, and now they are attempting to use AI.
    - whstl 11mo ago
      It's not complicated because "bosses" accomplish this by saying "let's reduce the cost of doing business" to someone who actually does whatever is needed. The value of a boss/manager when there's no employees to do the work is negative. AI won't change this.
      - overfeed 11mo ago
        > "bosses" accomplish this by saying "let's reduce the cost of doing business" to someone who actually does whatever is needed I don't know where you work, but in my experience, headcount reductions are strictly a top-down exercise. At best, the bosses may ask line managers who the essential people on their teams are. At worst, they get handed a list of people to fire, and they themselves may get the boot right after.
        whstl 11mo ago
        Yeah, that's the whole point. "Some boss says reduce head count" and that's the amount of "work" done from that "boss". Even the execution of "reducing head count" is done by everyone else.

imbnwa 11mo ago

They’ll be replaced with cheaper humans in Mexico using those Copilot seats, that’s much more tangible and obvious, no need to wait for genius level AI

monkaiju 11mo ago

My bosses aren't pushing it at all. The normal cargo-cult temptations have pulled on some fellow SWEs, but its being pretty effectively pushed back on by its own failings, paired with SWEs who use it being outperformed by those who dont. > edit for spelling