Ask HN: With O3 progression, how should juniors plan our careers

Posted by whizusukite on Friday December 20, 2024 @01:45PM
from the ask-hn dept.

With the advent of new O3 progressions, what are some recommendations for early/mid-career software engineers to maximize their job growth prospects in the future? What skills will be more sought after? What skills will be the most important? It seems more generic software engineer roles may become more saturated. Curious to hear other thoughts on this.

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Re:Ask HN: With O3 progression, how should juniors plan our ... by extr on Friday December 20, 2024 @02:16PM (#42473971)

If every car is self driving, there is still the question of where to go.

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Re:Ask HN: With O3 progression, how should juniors plan our ... by whizusukite on Friday December 20, 2024 @02:21PM (#42474037)

That's true. My thoughts are that at a more junior/mid-level, many of the problems assigned to engineers are smaller and more well-defined. They also involve a lower depth compared to projects at a senior levels or above. I can imagine these tasks are more along the lines of what O3 or similar AIs will excel at.

I'm interested in where junior/mid-level engineers should target their learnings to adapt to these areas.

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Re:Ask HN: With O3 progression, how should juniors plan our ... by CliveBloomers on Friday December 20, 2024 @02:04PM (#42473846)

> new O3 progressions

This is the moment businesses have been waiting for—the game-changer that’s about to redefine everything. Expect to see it rolled out across every industry, in every country, everywhere, by next year. And it’s not just hype; it’s that good. It’s so simple and effective that even the receptionist could deploy it, and the CEO? They can trim down the staff, skip the meetings, and spend their day just asking it questions.

No need for tech experts anymore. Software Engineers? DevOps? Gone. The whole IT department? Practically obsolete. All that’s left is the CEO, the cloud, and this. It’s lean, it’s powerful, and it’s set to shake the foundations of how businesses operate. The future isn’t coming—it’s already here, and it’s going to be wild.

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Re:Ask HN: With O3 progression, how should juniors plan our ... by jareds on Friday December 20, 2024 @03:02PM (#42474454)

If your correct then most businesses will go out of business. If all you need is a CEO and the cloud who are you going to sell your products to if no one can buy anything because they've all been fired?

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Re:Ask HN: With O3 progression, how should juniors plan our ... by whizusukite on Friday December 20, 2024 @02:10PM (#42473914)

Appreciate this, was incredibly helpful.

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Re:Ask HN: With O3 progression, how should juniors plan our ... by lagrange77 on Friday December 20, 2024 @06:52PM (#42476315)

You're safe, i guess, at least if you team up with the trailer voice guy.

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Re:Ask HN: With O3 progression, how should juniors plan our ... by syndicatedjelly on Saturday December 21, 2024 @12:11AM (#42477679)

Time to become the CEO then

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Re:Ask HN: With O3 progression, how should juniors plan our ... by marssaxman on Friday December 20, 2024 @05:00PM (#42475493)

What are "O3 progressions"? This thread is the first result when I search, and everything else on the page has something to do with military ranks.

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Re:Ask HN: With O3 progression, how should juniors plan our ... by Jtsummers on Friday December 20, 2024 @05:13PM (#42475585)

o3: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/opena...

Or this discussion at #1 now and on the front page for several hours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42473321

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Re:Ask HN: With O3 progression, how should juniors plan our ... by marssaxman on Friday December 20, 2024 @09:54PM (#42477179)

Thanks!

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Re:Ask HN: With O3 progression, how should juniors plan our ... by jryan49 on Friday December 20, 2024 @09:19PM (#42477017)

I would suggest to stop trying to predict the future, and carry on as normal... There is no way to really predict how AI will pan out. There always has been a trade off of being a generalist vs specialist. Probably good to try to be both. If something actually happens that require us to adapt we can figure it out then.

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