Discussion Ask HN: AI Agents took my programming job. What can I do? I had a customer meeting today, and the customer announced that he did not need me. He did everything he wanted in 2 days.Things I don't really believe in:>Someone needs to tell the AI what to do and check. No... I'm a middle man, I actually make it worse because we are playing telephone.>I can train people how to set up, use AI, and do it safely. No... Claude is going to build their own OpenClaw-like system.Maybe I can work for some gigantic company, but I sank a few years into my own company that was doing well making custom software.My question:What is the value that experienced programmers are going to provide? 1 points butILoveLife 7 months ago 3 comments
Things I don't really believe in:
>Someone needs to tell the AI what to do and check. No... I'm a middle man, I actually make it worse because we are playing telephone.
>I can train people how to set up, use AI, and do it safely. No... Claude is going to build their own OpenClaw-like system.
Maybe I can work for some gigantic company, but I sank a few years into my own company that was doing well making custom software.
My question:
What is the value that experienced programmers are going to provide?