Comment by silisili
16 hours ago
What is the use of software eng/architect at that point? It's a tool, but one that product or C levels can use directly as I see it?
16 hours ago
What is the use of software eng/architect at that point? It's a tool, but one that product or C levels can use directly as I see it?
Yes, for building something
But for building the right thing? Doubtful.
Most of a great engineer’s work isn’t writing code, but interrogating what people think their problems are, to find what the actual problems are.
In short: problem solving, not writing code.
Where's this delusion come from recently that great engineers didnt write code?
What a load of crap.
All you're doing is describing a different job role.
What you're talking about is BA work, and a subset of engineers are great at it, but most are just ok.
You're claiming a part of the job that was secondary, and not required, is now the whole job.
I never said great engineers didn’t write code. But writing the code was never the point.
The point has always been delivering the product to the customer, in any industry. Code is rarely the deliverable.
That’s my point.
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A software engineer will be a person who inspects the AI's work, same as a building inspector today. A software architect will co-sign on someone's printed-up AI plans, same as a building architect today. Some will be in-house, some will do contract work, and some will be artists trying to create something special, same as today. The brute labor is automated away, and the creativity (and liability) is captured by humans.
> It's a tool, but one that product or C levels can use directly as I see it?
Wait, I thought product and C level people are so busy all the time that they can’t fart without a calendar invite, but now you say they have time to completely replace whole org of engineers?