Re:Why LLMs Within Software Development May Be a Dead End
by perrygeo on Monday November 18, 2024 @12:04PM
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> They also make the bar for a productive junior engineer much higher
This is the paradox that I'm seeing everywhere. While LLMs ostensibly make it easier for inexperienced engineers to get started, in practice it makes juniors irrelevant in the market. A senior with an LLM is more productive than a senior with a team of juniors. So while LLMs may make programming accessible to more people, it simultaneously kills their chances of employment.
I predict the software market is going to shift away from entry jobs entirely. They can be replaced with LLMs under an experienced hand. Which makes senior engineers more valuable. How are we going to train seniors if we're not hiring juniors? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This is the paradox that I'm seeing everywhere. While LLMs ostensibly make it easier for inexperienced engineers to get started, in practice it makes juniors irrelevant in the market. A senior with an LLM is more productive than a senior with a team of juniors. So while LLMs may make programming accessible to more people, it simultaneously kills their chances of employment.
I predict the software market is going to shift away from entry jobs entirely. They can be replaced with LLMs under an experienced hand. Which makes senior engineers more valuable. How are we going to train seniors if we're not hiring juniors? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯