Lots of companies otherwise basically let employees miss the train and then lay them off for it and then they are stuck searching for a job with no modern skills.
To me this is the warning. AI may or may not pan out, but if it does, you don’t get to say you were blindsided.
I don't think using LLMs is a skill.
It's absolutely a commodification of the engineers skills. The shape of this is that if they could, they would cut you out entirely.
So it looks that you will be drawing the short end of the stick at one point or the other.
I derive this analogy where AI is like code editor with advanced auto suggestions feature.
How far you are pushed to use by your organisation is going to break every seniors patience.
AI hype is trying blurring between blue collar and white collar people. In reality the line will exists and it will broaden.
“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”
CqtGLRGcukpy•8h ago
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qsera•5h ago
Not sure if you are talking about the current situtation, or some hypothetical case where there is human like AI.
I am talking about the current situation.
sph•5h ago
Looking to get into solar/electrical engineering of some sort. The bonus is that I might return to enjoy coding for fun, without people reminding me every day that agentic is the future and I am being left behind. That and the state of hiring in this sector which is a hell of its own.
qsera•7h ago
So If I stay in a programmer job, it would be because I don't have a choice financially. But if someone is already set for early retirement, I think it is an easy choice.
But I also think that there are a lot of people who are good at it even if they became programmers for the $$$...So I don't think there is a danger..