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The amount of software developers has been growing exponentially. We will need no code and ML just to keep up with the pattern. I predict within 15 years 90% of society will be able to create custom apps and web pages with the same dynamicism that a programmer does nowadays

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Yeah that's interesting, it certainly seems true in reverse that what software developers were doing 15 years ago is now trivial, as well. So I wonder what software engineers now should learn to stay ahead. My own thinking and answer to that is being an ML engineer

Is it though? Is it any more trivial today to put together a CRUD+/line of business app than it was with VB6?

Excel is older than 15 years and still fulfills its niche just like always.

What were we doing 15 years ago that is trivial today.

Other than incremental productivity/Intellisense+ improvements (with a mixed reception) from Copilot I am waiting with bated breath to see this ML revolution of software dev. Unless this changes the market for ML engineer will be similar to that of compiler engineer - an essential but very limited market.

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