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Whatever you are making this year as SWE you'll be making less next year if the current trend in improvement of AI coding aids is going to be sustained. Think a
by jacquesm 2mo ago
Whatever you are making this year as SWE you'll be making less next year if the current trend in improvement of AI coding aids is going to be sustained. Think about it : programmers used to derive a lot of their value from the fact that it was a hard skill to acquire. My kids can now 'vibe code' stuff faster (and better looking) than what I could come up with as the beginnings of a design plan. And then I still need to implement it.
- alfalfasprout 2mo agoThere's a massive difference between your kids vibe coding something and an engineer using AI to implement something. If you're unable to discern the difference, that's something to reflect on :)
- throw-the-towel 2mo agoIt doesn't matter if GP is able to discern the difference, it matters if your CEO is forced to care about the difference.
- ipaddr 2mo agoCEOs will always want someone who knows to implement so we're safe from kids vibe coding their way in but in a short while it becomes AI who knows who is managing less expensive AI.
- lelanthran 2mo agoIf he is unable to discern a difference, then a paying customer almost certainly won't. We're entering a market of lemons in software. It's going to be interesting indeed.