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You are thinking in the right direction; a lot of experienced developers are also thinking the same way. The goal is not to become specifically a buggy-whip ma
by sometimes_all 11mo ago
You are thinking in the right direction; a lot of experienced developers are also thinking the same way.
The goal is not to become specifically a buggy-whip manufacturer or a specialist mill-worker; the goal is to have enough mental faculties and critical-thinking skills to adapt to any situation and be able to use any tool at hand to achieve your own goals and that of the employer.
Being a software architect means you actually need to gain depth in certain aspects of software development and computer science/engineering, and understand how an LLM works, what its weak points are, and to stop it from making mistakes. The point of double-majors is to expand your breath, not your depth.
You need both, depth and breadth, and thankfully LLM tools can help you in gaining both a lot quicker.
For some reason, I had the opposite effect due to AI - previously I enjoyed building things but hated the actual writing of code part. Now that AI can do that for me, I can keep my focus on the more important problems, and let AI deal with the lower-level stuff.
Your focus should be on gaining enough competence to solve hard problems by yourself, and in teams; and to learn how to learn. I would not worry too much about semantics of job roles - roles might change, but work (whatever that might be) will always be there, and you need to know how to do difficult types of work well.