Re:Thoughts on the Future of Software Development
by Towaway69 on Monday March 18, 2024 @04:48PM
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If AI does achieve the hyped heights then we're all out of a job, regardless of what we do.
Many people suffer through bullshit jobs[1] so we are privileged to have - at least for a time - done what we really enjoy and got paid for it.
[1] David Graeber father of the term "bullshit jobs"
Re:Thoughts on the Future of Software Development
by theshackleford on Monday March 18, 2024 @05:11PM
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> I'm just saddened by the prospect that, for me, "adapting to change" would mean "no longer being able to make a living doing what I actually enjoy". that's why if this is the future, it's a career-killing one for me.
Ok and? You don’t think any of the others put out of their work by other forms of computing like you might’ve enjoyed their jobs? You don’t think it might have been career ending for them?
I'm just saddened by the prospect that, for me, "adapting to change" would mean "no longer being able to make a living doing what I actually enjoy". that's why if this is the future, it's a career-killing one for me. Whether or not I stay in the industry, there is no future in my chosen career path, and the alternative paths that people keep bringing up all sound pretty terrible to me.
My only hope is that AI will not achieve the heights that its proponents are trying to reach (I suspect this is the case). I see no other good outcome for me.