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Josh@wagmi路Mar 13

My take, Devin (new AI Software Engineer), is this:

  • It can solve 13.86% of issues, so it is still a long way away, but this is 10x what it was before, so I expect this to go up to 50-60% in 1 year
  • Junior engineers will have a lot of trouble being able to justify their salaries, in turn, no experience, more unemployed CS studies not a great time to start coding without experience IMHO
  • Companies will have fewer engineers, but all Senior/Staff level and have bigger impact then when they had more engineers
  • Web apps will become super easy to build in the next year or so. Anything with a static language like HTML and CSS can be reprogrammed pretty neatly, and with all the information about building websites (probably the biggest information-based programming topic out there), the web is the first one AI could solve.
  • Low-level systems which need complete thought of system designs will remain a Senior Engineer job with assistance from AI to build it, but I think we are a bit away from AI tech being able to think and build, for example, Ethereum - not saying it can't happen but yeah
  • SEO roles will not exist in 1 year; it will be like a milkman (doesn't exist anymore)
  • Web design will become more about imagination and prompt engineering than actual design; the thing with the design is you still need the design eye, so it is a lot harder to do without assistance
  • Engineers with good ideas will become more valuable than hardcode coders
  • New startups will emerge with a one-man team without ever employing and be worth billions of dollars
  • The ability to build anything now single-handed is the easiest it has ever been if you are an engineer who loves building new cool systems, start now you understand that you wont end up needing anyone but yourself
  • AI will win in the end; you either embrace it or get replaced

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    Aysar@aysargiga路Mar 13

    embrace and adapt AI

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      Sam@samthing路Mar 13

      it will be interesting to see how AI generates codes for itself in the future if it doesn't require human eyes.
      how might it map business requirements and entities into code, I could see it becoming pretty efficient but also a nightmare to debug if it requires human intervention

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        Thomas@thomas路Mar 13

        Parkinson's law, there'll aways be work to be done

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          Stefano@summeroflove路Mar 13

          Agreed! On the one hand, you'll have engineers who can do anything from managing a project, gathering requirements, doing PM stuff, to basic design work, while on the other hand, you'll still have low-level engineers working on cutting edge tech. A lot of roles in between will probably disappear. But there's still so much software in the world to be written, so there will be more than enough opportunities for everyone!

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            Mark@superproduct路Mar 13

            Skills will need to adapt to the changing landscape. Half of the jobs in tech like PM, UX engineer, CISO, social media manager etc didn't even exist 20 years ago. Deal flow between you and your customers will be even more important given a lot of technological competitive edge will be less relevant.

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              armand type eth@2irl4u路Mar 13

              Ai can't replace the shit poster

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