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Don't get it. If we have this amazing AI why don't we make good use of it? 90% of my job is not to write code (as a senior software engineer), is to:

- deobfuscate complex requirements into well divided chunks

- find gaps or holes in requirements so that I have to write the minimal amount of code

- understand codebases so that the implementation fits nicely

I don't need an "AI software engineer", I need an "AI people person who gives me well defined tasks". Now sure, if you combine those two kinds of AIs I could perhaps become irrelevant.

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> If we have this amazing AI why don't we make good use of it?

Aren't we all commenting on Devin's initial announcement published yesterday? Give it some time. It's a safe bet that a lot of companies which employ software engineers are currently tripping over themselves to get on the Devin waitlist, and the inevitable superior iterations on the idea of an LLM-powered dev that will absolutely be coming out probably starting later this week.

> It's a safe bet that a lot of companies which employ software engineers are currently tripping over themselves to get on the Devin waitlist

Why is that safe to say? You just said this was announced yesterday. I don't think Devin is standing out to anyone right now.

The problem is getting enough information on requirements to even break them down :)

You should really take a look at GoScope.AI.

Its the AI people person who gives me well defined tasks

Yes, the horse carriage drivers had similar lines of thoughts when they saw first gen automobiles.

Your point being? The horses were replaced alright, carriage drivers are thriving ever since.

Lmao what are you talking/coping about? What happened to carriage drivers is pretty well-documented. Maybe ask one of these AI chatbots, they will summarize it for you.

They drive for Uber now

And that's thriving by what measure?

No employment stability, no benefits, no health insurance, no vacations, at complete mercy of basically a single company.

Yeah, thriving.

Unlike those extremely rich horse carriages of days yonder.

Thank you very much good sir for your kind advice.

I, in turn, suggest looking out of the window: modern carriage drivers are called truck drivers and their number is edging towards 10M worldwide.

Now add to this rail carriage drivers, sea carriage drivers and air carriage drivers. Years of progress changed the way you feed your "horse" and made reins somewhat more complex, but fundamentally nothing changed.

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