alt Hacker NewsSmart devs know this is the beginning of the end of high paying dev work. Once the LLM's get really good, most dev work will go to the lowest bidder. Just like factory work did 30 years ago.
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chasd00 • today at 1:45 AM
I think it’s the end of low paying dev work. If I was in one of the coding sweatshops I would be thinking hard.
falloutx • yesterday at 11:14 PM
Then whats the smart dev plan, sit on the vibe coding casino until the bossman calls you into the office?
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Not even factory work, classic engineering jobs in general. SWE sucked all the air out of the engineering room, because the pay/benefits/job prospects were just head and shoulders better.
We had a fresh out of school EE hire who left our company for an SWE position 6 months into his job with us, for a position that paid the same (plus full remote with a food stipend) as our Director of Engineering. A 23 yr old getting on offer above what a 54 yr old with 30 years experience was making.
For a few years there, you had to be an idi...making sub-optimal decisions, to choose anything other than becoming an techy.