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Re:Who knew the first AI battles would be fought by artists? by willsmith72 on Thursday December 15, 2022 @04:06PM (#34005783)
> The vast majority of software engineering hours that are actually paid are for maintenance

Do you have a source for that? Doesn't match my experience unless your definition of maintenance is really broad

Re:Who knew the first AI battles would be fought by artists? by themagician on Thursday December 15, 2022 @04:44PM (#34006206)
Just experience, but my definition is pretty broad. Once you get out of the valley most of what pays well (banking, finance, telecom, analytics, industrial, etc.) is maintenance code IMO. Basically anything that doesn't come out real R&D budget, even if it is a "new feature", is maintenance to me at this point.
Re:Who knew the first AI battles would be fought by artists? by itronitron on Thursday December 15, 2022 @04:46PM (#34006239)
The caveat there is 'paid hours'. The current working model for the industry is that all software engineers leetcodeuberhack on open source repos at night and by day have paying jobs maintaining companies' systems that use open source.