alt Hacker NewsI see it only as a threat to those who have a deep hook into their role as a SWE.
If as a SWE you see the oncoming change and adapt to it, no issue.
If as a SWE you see the enablement of LLMs as an existential threat, then you will find many issues, and you will fail to adapt and have all kind of issues related to it.
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mahaekoh • today at 2:43 AM
Read the article. The author wants LLMs to work for them, but they don’t. You’re confusing results and intention.
If a company wants to cut a lot of SWE it wouldn't matter if you have adapted or not, they will just cut as much as they can. How can you adapt more than another SWE? These tools seem easy to learn and there isn't a massive learning curve if you're a programmer. I wonder if changing to a different role would work but I would be skeptical, because after SWEs they will try to cut the other jobs and if there is no one at the bottom, middle management doesn't make sense.