>I’m sure that LLMs are a leading cause of the fall in software developer job postings
I can't agree with the conclusion. I can come with tens of examples of when using AI doesn't work.
Also, software engineering means much more than writing code.
I can't agree with the conclusion. I can come with tens of examples of when using AI doesn't work.
Also, software engineering means much more than writing code.
Now in the AI boom era, 90% of the capital goes into the AI while 10% goes into SE jobs. That could explain the drop in SE jobs.
What if it speeds up the part of pumping out widgets in the widget factory, shipping Spring Boot / Laravel / whatever projects more quickly and therefore individual devs becoming more productive on cookie cutter projects (without necessarily getting more money for it either).