• Xenny@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Y’all are so Doom and gloom we’re going to need so many programmers here in a moment when AI breaks all the codebases

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      It’s going to be outsourcing on steroids. So many folks employed either talking to the AI to get it to write the right code, or fixing the shitty code the AI spits out.

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        2 months ago

        OMG we figured out how to automate legacy code. Just means we can skip the fun greenfield startup phase and go straight to the endless ground war.

      • curiousaur@reddthat.com
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        2 months ago

        That’s all I do now. But I’m as productive by myself as I would be with a team of juniors under me.