> Generally speaking, a career in computer science/SWE was respected and highly regarded by the public before AI.
When? How so? Please provide examples. I think startup lottery wins and FAANG comp was highly regarded before AI ("kingmakers" and "software eating the world," which arguably hasn't held up so well in hindsight), but not the actual craft and practice of software engineering (except perhaps in specific organizations or teams that cultivated an engineering focused culture, which is certainly not the norm, but should be recognized as a net positive).
Sometimes status and comp align, but not always. Doctors are gods of medicine, attorneys gods of the law and legal system. Finance, titans of industry, masters of the universe. Software engineers? Not so much. They are applied mathematicians if you will, with similar status.
When? How so? Please provide examples. I think startup lottery wins and FAANG comp was highly regarded before AI ("kingmakers" and "software eating the world," which arguably hasn't held up so well in hindsight), but not the actual craft and practice of software engineering (except perhaps in specific organizations or teams that cultivated an engineering focused culture, which is certainly not the norm, but should be recognized as a net positive).
Sometimes status and comp align, but not always. Doctors are gods of medicine, attorneys gods of the law and legal system. Finance, titans of industry, masters of the universe. Software engineers? Not so much. They are applied mathematicians if you will, with similar status.
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