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> I do believe studying CS can still lead to decent paying careers. Yes, for countries like India. With AI, outsourcing becomes much more effective.
by amelius 7mo ago
> I do believe studying CS can still lead to decent paying careers.
Yes, for countries like India.
With AI, outsourcing becomes much more effective.
- RugnirViking 7mo agocan you elaborate on your thesis as to why? it seems to me, with raw code being less of a bottleneck, things like understanding the spec, polishing, and doing the fuzzy work around the edges become all the more important. These were never strengths of outsourcing. In fact, I think that the fact that those parts are important is a big reason why the profession as a whole wasnt entirely just outsourced, despite the compelling economic reasons for it.
- amelius 7mo agoSee my other comment in this thread.
- faangguyindia 7mo agoI was rich even before I came into this field, my family owns lots of agriculture land and I came to this field for passion of it and was never really motivated by money. Thing is AI is taking outsourced jobs in india at much faster rate than elsewhere. The latest layoff coming from Oracle mostly laid off workers in india.
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- wongarsu 7mo agoIsn't it the other way around, AI replacing outsourcing? AI can do the implementation work, but you still need the human who needs to specify what has to be done, give architecture guidance and check and accept the resulting work (or reject it, with notes on what to fix). AI coding is basically outsourcing to AI
- amelius 7mo agoThis is the paradox. But because AI makes outsourcing jobs easier, those workers need to compete, and so they will be able to do those specification jobs and quality control jobs as well.
- sifar 7mo agoThe paradox is that the quality of AI output is directly proportional to your expertise and understanding, while the trust/belief/confidence in their effectiveness is inversely proportional. It will still pay to develop the core understanding. It is just that the world can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent :).
- darkhorse13 7mo agoAwful take in my humble opinion. Outsourced, vibe-coders as a concept is beyond scary.