Comment by iforgotmypasswo

Yes.

Engineering’s job has always been to deal with hard technical challenges and apply new technologies.

Writing code was never the point. Predictably creating specific outcomes was. Wrangling AI in a way that multiplies productivity is the new job.

I won’t lie, it kind of sucks to be young right now, learn about punch cards and assembly in school, and then graduate into a market that’s moved on to Fortran. Sorry, I meant high level languages and AI. To say otherwise might imply the industry has seen a similar shift in the past where engineers made the exact same complaints practically verbatim.

Regardless, the reality is that college teaches very little about 90% of real engineering work anyway, and we still need to hire smart people for this new type of work.