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So...software engineers become product managers? All of us? That's going to be an awful lot of product managers.

• magpi3 7mo ago
  Or it could be an awful lot of productivity. We have to think bigger. What would the world look like if every programmer were a 10x (or whatever) programmer?
  • dventimi 7mo ago
    Sure. I'm with you. I'm just puzzled by the article.
• nine_k 7mo ago
  More like architects, in the civil engineering sense. Even if you don't pour concrete or drive nails yourself, you have to have a lot of technical understanding, including the low level, to be able to design a building competently. And, very certainly, you have to be able to inspect how the nails are driven and how the bricks are laid, whether your contractors are humans or robots.
  • dventimi 7mo ago
    I create a lot of applications with AI. I don't inspect any of the cod.
    • nine_k 7mo ago
      Maybe you should, something fishy may be going on in it.
      • dventimi 7mo ago
        Maybe I shouldn't. Something fishy may not be going on in it, and that would become a waste of time.
        • nine_k 7mo ago
          Full disclosure: it was a reference to the "cod" in your reply.
          • dventimi 7mo ago
            That was a typo from a phone keyboard.
    • AlexeyBelov 7mo ago
      And you're bragging about it? Lmao.
      • deleted 7mo ago
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      • dventimi 7mo ago
        No. I'm stating a fact. You're free to state other facts if you like.
  • wolvesechoes 7mo ago
    > And, very certainly, you have to be able to inspect how the nails are driven and how the bricks are laid, whether your contractors are humans or robots. As someone coming from non-software engineering (mechanical), I always believed that good engineer is capable, and sometimes does these things himself. This guarantees he actually understands his domain in all aspects.