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About a year ago, another commenter said this in response to the question "Ask HN: SWEs how do you future-proof your career in light of LLMs?": > "I’m a senior
by rybosworld 10mo ago
About a year ago, another commenter said this in response to the question "Ask HN: SWEs how do you future-proof your career in light of LLMs?":
> "I’m a senior and LLM’s never provide code that pass my sniff test, and it remains a waste of time."
Even a year ago that seemed like a ridiculous thing to say. LLM's have made one thing very clear to me: A massive percentage of developers derive their sense of self worth from how smart coding makes them feel.
- jmathai 10mo agoAI doesn't need or care about "high quality" code in the same ways we define it. It needs to understand the system so that it can evolve it to meet evolving requirements. It's not bound by tech debt in the same way humans are. That being said, what will be critical is understanding business needs and being able to articulate them in a manner that computers (not humans) can translate into software.
- threethirtytwo 10mo agoYes. If one thing is universal among people is that they can’t fully accept reality at face value if that reality is violating their identity. What has to happen first is that people need to rebuild their identity before they can accept what is happening and that rebuilding process will take longer then the rate at which AI is outrunning all of us. What is my role in tech if for the past 20 years I was a code ninja but now AI can do better than me? I can become a delegator or manager to AI, a prompt wizard or some leadership role… but even this is a target for replacement by AI.