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New comment by goodrun in "LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don't know what to do"

goodrun — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:47:08 +0000

Sorry to reply to myself but I just recalled the recent Apple ad that ran last year about a corporate goofball who got his Apple device to fire off well crafted email slop to his manager who looked surprised/impressed. That trick will only last for a short time. The joke is that people like him and his manager will be the first to be fired.

New comment by goodrun in "LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don't know what to do"

goodrun — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:38:50 +0000

Don't need much training data for bank/insurance/retail analyst work - it's just basic reasoning and data retrieval. If AI could crack the programming nut - one of the most intellectually challenging professions - it can handle the rest with ease. The only human role will be high level monitoring - and even this will be largely automated so fewer will be required.

New comment by goodrun in "LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don't know what to do"

goodrun — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:29:35 +0000

I read all the posts in this thread - but no one has a good idea to avoid software developer obsolescence. My guess is this profession has 5 more years. It was a good run while it lasted.

All the other white collar workers are in the same boat. A pillar of the economy is going to be destroyed with no obvious replacement in sight.