I really really want this to be true. I want to be relevant. I don’t know what to do if all those predictions are true and there is no need (or very little need) for programmers anymore.
But something tells me “this time is different” is different this time for real.
Coding AIs design software better than me, review code better than me, find hard-to-find bugs better than me, plan long-running projects better than me, make decisions based on research, literature, and also the state of our projects better than me. I’m basically just the conductor of all those processes.
Oh, and don't ask about coding. If you use AI for tasks above, as a result you'll get very well defined coding task definitions which an AI would ace.
I’m still hired, but I feel like I’m doing the work of an entire org that used to need twenty engineers.
From where I’m standing, it’s scary.
But something tells me “this time is different” is different this time for real.
Coding AIs design software better than me, review code better than me, find hard-to-find bugs better than me, plan long-running projects better than me, make decisions based on research, literature, and also the state of our projects better than me. I’m basically just the conductor of all those processes.
Oh, and don't ask about coding. If you use AI for tasks above, as a result you'll get very well defined coding task definitions which an AI would ace.
I’m still hired, but I feel like I’m doing the work of an entire org that used to need twenty engineers.
From where I’m standing, it’s scary.