alt Hacker NewsThe ideal software engineer will code himself out of a job and be happy about it.
Be that ideal. The shareholders are counting on you!
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groby_b • yesterday at 7:05 PM
Counterpoint: I've been desperately trying to code myself out of a job for almost 4 decades now. I inevitably ended up (and keep ending up) getting more responsibilities instead.
So have all the great engineers I've been working with - there's a deep desire for growth past the things that you're currently good at.
The people worrying they might code themselves out of a job are in a different skill demographic. (Ironically, that means they won't be able to code themselves out of a job)
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But LLMs are already doing this for us supposedly...