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Or does the field become plateaued because engineers treat "writing code" as a "solved problem?" We could argue that writing poetry is a solved problem in much

by biztos 8mo ago

Or does the field become plateaued because engineers treat "writing code" as a "solved problem?" We could argue that writing poetry is a solved problem in much the same way, and while I don't think we especially need 50,000 people writing poems at Google, we do still need poets.

hintymad 8mo ago
> we especially need 50,000 people writing poems at Google, we do still need poets. I'd assume that an implied concern of most engineers is how many software engineers the world will need in the future. If it's the situation like the world needing poets, then the field is only for the lucky few. Most people would be out of job.