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You seem to think you can only be an engineer if you are holding the shovel yourself. Building software consists of many parts. I love each individually. I was
by scotty79 5mo ago
You seem to think you can only be an engineer if you are holding the shovel yourself.
Building software consists of many parts. I love each individually. I was always a bit dissatisfied about how they interact and how they block each other. I love puzzle solving, I love debugging, but I kinda hated building software because it depended on those elements and I'm not fond of context switching.
I can love building software now. And I didn't become a manager because people bs never interested me. LLM doesn't feel like a person. It feels way better.
- voidUpdate 5mo agoMaybe engineer was the wrong word. Developer/programmer, where I'd say that yes, you need to wield the tools yourself rather than telling someone/thing else to
- scotty79 5mo agoAgent is not someone. It is a tool. Just a one that you operate using natural language. You don't have to use software developer vocabulary, but it really helps if you want to achieve specific things regarding software development.
- voidUpdate 5mo agoWhich is why I said someone/thing. Someone or Something, an LLM falling under Something, but other manager jobs use people, hence Someone
- hellisothers 5mo ago> LLM doesn't feel like a person. It feels way better Somebody trademark this! :D
- classified 5mo agoIt seems clear to me that micromanaging a machine will hit less resistance than with a person.
- des429 5mo agoYeah, it's very clear that the person that wrote the above comment didn't actually grok what the purpose of the article was. Thanks for providing a counterpoint that I think actually summarizes the article correctly.