Re:Ask HN: In 2024, is SWE a sustainable career?
by 3D39739091 on Monday October 07, 2024 @02:52PM
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If anything, AI tools are doing the opposite. You don't acquire those skills by outsourcing your thinking to an LLM.
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Re:Ask HN: In 2024, is SWE a sustainable career?
by danenania on Monday October 07, 2024 @03:03PM
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It depends how you use them. If your goal is learning and understanding, you will use LLMs much differently than if your goal is to produce copy-pastable code with as little effort as possible.
Honestly, I do a bit of both depending on the situation. Sometimes I just want a one-off script that does xyz and I don't really care enough to have a deep understanding of every detail. Other times I'm getting a crash course in some advanced concept and in an hour I have knowledge that previously only someone with years of experience in a niche domain (and a lot of patience for my dumb questions) could have given me.