> Time will tell what happens, but if programming becomes "prompt engineering", I'm planning on quitting my job and pivoting to something else. It's nice to get stuff working fast, but AI just sucks the joy out of building for me.
I hear you but I think many companies will change the role ; you'll get the technical ownership + big chunks of the data/product/devops responsibility. I'm speculating but I think one person can take that on himself with the new tools and deliver tremendous value. I don't know how they'll call this new role though, we'll see.
Sure, IF the performance + economics is there. But that doesn't sound like an enjoyable profession to me.
I enjoy the plan, think, code cycle - it's just fun.
My brain has problems with not understanding how the thing I'm delivering works, maybe I'll get used to it.