Comment by thefourthchime

4 days ago

All software engineering is over as we know it. I haven't written a line of code since December 2025.

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thefourthchime

same tbh but i feel like we're still required, maybe not in the same numbers as before, and our job description has just changed. it feels more akin to an "AI Agent Operator" or something similar.

i'm still pretty confident someone like my mom wouldn't be able to do my job even with the same access to all the latest LLMs, so we're still providing some value, just in a very different way. whether the market will reprice the cost of our labor, we will see

tripleee 3 days ago
If software development were getting easier, first thing I'd expect to see would be a strong downward trend in salaries. Why pay a high mid+ dev rate when a junior+LLM can do the same?
That's yet to happen. 90% of software dev skills are still relevant - AI is, for now, just a productivity boost.
- aenis 3 days ago
  
  We have been heavily using agentic coding in my place, and what is emerging is people who used to be tech leads or architects are now back to producing code, and what would require 5-10 people now starts as a 1-2 person project. Some of those have already gone live, successfully, so there will be more of that.
  Between juniors with LLMs and seniors who don't like AI, I'd hire the junior, but I think the trend in 2026 will be to hire senior people who enjoy producing code with LLMs.
  
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