I think the job is going to change tremendously soon, you will still need to be technical but you'll spend less time coding/looking at code and more time prompting the A.I to do it for you.
On the long run for sure the job will go away, as all jobs will. No one knows how fast this will happen, could be 7 years and could be 27 years.
Ask HN: Is HN in denial about the impact of AI?
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Re: Ask HN: Is HN in denial about the impact of AI?
#12One thing I recommend, to gain perspective on this, is to replace "AI" with "LLM" (large language models) in any sentence about the likely impact. For example, instead of "the impact of AI on developers on HN", think "the impact of LLM on developers on HN". Does it seem like large language models will replace developers? The comparison to bitcoin is apt, in that the blockchain (not quite the same thing but related an…
> Does it seem like large language models will replace developers?
To me it looks very plausible they will reduce the amount of programmers needed at the very least.