Why Firing Programmers for AI Will Destroy Everything

Re:Why Firing Programmers for AI Will Destroy Everything by eitally on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @11:17AM (#43014636)

I agree. It's the current generation's version of what happened with the advent of Javascript frameworks about 15 years ago, when suddenly web devs stopped learning how computers actually work. There will always be high demand for software engineers who actually know what they're doing, can debug complex code bases, and can make appropriate decisions about how to apply technology to business problems.

That said, AI agents are absolutely going to put a bunch of lower end devs out of work in the near term. I wouldn't want to be entering the job market in the next couple of years....

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Re:Why Firing Programmers for AI Will Destroy Everything by mixmastamyk on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @11:24AM (#43014720)

> There will always be high demand for software engineers who actually know what they're doing

Unfortunately they won’t be found due to horrible tech interviews focused on “culture” (*-isms), leetcode under the gun, or resume thrown in trash at first sight from lack of full degree. AMHIK.

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Re:Why Firing Programmers for AI Will Destroy Everything by chasd00 on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @12:37PM (#43015632)

> I wouldn't want to be entering the job market in the next couple of years....

I bet there's a software dev employment boom about 5 years away once it becomes obvious competent people are needed to unwind and rework all the llm generated code.

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Re:Why Firing Programmers for AI Will Destroy Everything by atlintots on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @02:28PM (#43017199)

Except juniors are not going to be the competent people you're looking for to unwind those systems. Personally, no matter how it plays out, I feel like the entry-level market in this field is going to take a hit. It will become much more difficult and competitive.

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