Re:The Dawn of the Data Intelligence Engineer
by 8by3 on Friday November 13, 2026 @04:50AM
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Depending on the field, five years is generous. 6-12 months (if not already gone) for many things.
I made my 20 year career as a person who could do stuff with computers, software engineer etc. Every time I hear someone say, "my non tech friend who vibe coded an app got a bug he couldn't fix" etc, my response is they are using the wrong model and give it a few months. And I say this with great pain, I am in no way an AI booster, just a realist.
Re:The Dawn of the Data Intelligence Engineer
by gavinray on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:48PM
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Every task that would be a multi-week engineering effort, I defer for a few months, until inevitably a model that trivializes it appears, repeat ad-nauseum.
I made my 20 year career as a person who could do stuff with computers, software engineer etc. Every time I hear someone say, "my non tech friend who vibe coded an app got a bug he couldn't fix" etc, my response is they are using the wrong model and give it a few months. And I say this with great pain, I am in no way an AI booster, just a realist.