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re: Software Engineers are Freaking Out
Posted on 4/7/26 at 4:14 pm to prplhze2000
Posted on 4/7/26 at 4:14 pm to prplhze2000
AI is really, really good at writing brute force code. It is very poor at interpreting the problem and programming. Too many people think that programming or software engineering is writing code, its not. That is the boring part. All these firms will learn the hard way that AI is not great at programming it is very good at coding.
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Posted on 4/7/26 at 4:20 pm to prplhze2000
Definitely doesn’t help that we continue to import South Asian and East Asian F1s by the thousands who graduate with engineering degrees and somehow manage to stay after graduation. They’re fricking up the engineering job market big time.
This post was edited on 4/7/26 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 4/7/26 at 4:21 pm to Recognizable Poster
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We went from "learn to code" to "learn to weld" real quickfast didn't we now...
Posted on 4/7/26 at 4:27 pm to Scruffy
A lot of these blue collar simpletons show why they weren’t cut out for college. You can’t just eliminate millions of jobs and not undergo massive economic turbulence. The current president injected trillions into the economy in 2020 to stave off two months of unemployment.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 4:48 pm to LemmyLives
The H1Bs are a massive problem, and I don't understand why we can't do anything about it. They are almost always incompetent. And then there are cultural issues on top of it that don't help the situation.
These are not highly skilled workers 90% of the time.
These are not highly skilled workers 90% of the time.
This post was edited on 4/7/26 at 4:49 pm
Posted on 4/7/26 at 4:58 pm to Scruffy
quote:I’m not an expert in such things -all I know is that my oldest was told all 4 years at LSU that she wouldn’t find a job when she graduated bc of AI
What do you mean by “a while”?
She has a pretty good job coding
it wasn’t as devastating in 4 years as she was told 
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:04 pm to GreenRockTiger
It will become more devastating each year. We honestly have no clue what the job market will look like in 2 years. Which is a sign of rapid progress but might also be a sign of extreme turbulence.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:06 pm to GreenRockTiger
Just curious because I’m IT dumb.
Can AI adapt itself?
Won’t current AI reach a point of obsolescence if we don’t continue to advance?
Can AI adapt itself?
Won’t current AI reach a point of obsolescence if we don’t continue to advance?
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:07 pm to bird35
quote:
My BIL is a software engineer in his early 50’s. He says H1B1 is a much larger threat than AI. He is made to take his first hour of the day to teach the H1B1s what to do for the day, and his last two hours of the day redoing what they did. According to him they are useless and his company would have done better hiring one competent American than the team of six stooges they hired.
Im in the middle of the H1B1s and the AI sandwich. I fortunately have spent a large part of my career in every department in my company before landing in IT.
On the H1B1 front, you can hire 6 of them for the price of 1 onshore person. I have 2 teams of 3 offshore employees. One team is way more competent than what your BIL experiences. The other 3 are more in line with what you described. I work with probably 100 of the offshore folks and largely they are what you described.
My job could disappear tomorrow but because of my experience and understanding of the Industry and company, I think that's why im still alive. If im being super honest, I wasnt that good at coding, but im able to really crank out code now that AI is available because I know the industry and what is valuable. Giving instruction and being very clear and concise with the prompt along witb having a clear understanding of the end result is what I believe is going to be super valuable going forward.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:08 pm to prplhze2000
I personally used Claude AI to write an app that is now on my phone. Background, I know zero about coding nor did I ever have the desire. It only took me 22 iterations via Claude (lol), but I got the app built and now on my phone.
IMO, AI isn't going to replace software engineers but it will replace those that dont use AI.
IMO, AI isn't going to replace software engineers but it will replace those that dont use AI.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:10 pm to WavinWilly
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The H1Bs are a massive problem, and I don't understand why we can't do anything about it. They are almost always incompetent. And then there are cultural issues on top of it that don't help the situation.
Because the people who want it, donate to pacs
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:12 pm to GreenRockTiger
quote:
lol my oldest is a software engineer and is in no danger of losing her job
Until she does.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:26 pm to FreddieMac
quote:
AI is really, really good at writing brute force code. It is very poor at interpreting the problem and programming. Too many people think that programming or software engineering is writing code, its not. That is the boring part. All these firms will learn the hard way that AI is not great at programming it is very good at coding.
This is a point that will be lost on most here.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:27 pm to Dire Wolf
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Because the people who want it, donate to pacs
A lot of money being made by peddling the H1Bs
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:33 pm to Purple Spoon
quote:according to my tech nerd kid - some can but in order to make big changes or adaptations- some human oversight is needed
Can AI adapt itself?
quote:yep
Won’t current AI reach a point of obsolescence if we don’t continue to advance?
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:36 pm to prplhze2000
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and, in the run-up to the 2020 election, Joe Biden went viral after he told a group of struggling miners that they should spend their days programming, rather than climbing inside a dirty hole....
I bet corn pop could code
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:42 pm to GreenRockTiger
quote:there is so many nerds now, they are like the new cool kids.
according to my tech nerd kid
SSjr1 won’t ever run out of nerds to dunk on
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:43 pm to Sofaking2
quote:did you read FreddieMac’s post?
Until she does.
Here it is for reference:
quote:
AI is really, really good at writing brute force code. It is very poor at interpreting the problem and programming. Too many people think that programming or software engineering is writing code, its not. That is the boring part. All these firms will learn the hard way that AI is not great at programming it is very good at coding.
His post can be found here
My daughter is good at finding a problem and programming - add in her coding skills.
She won’t lose her job anytime soon.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:45 pm to SuperSaint
quote:he would love my tech nerd kid
SSjr1
You could hire her to be his nanny if she does lose her job. The little boy she babysits on the side already asked if she would homeschool him
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:45 pm to prplhze2000
Call one eight hundreeeeed five five oneeeeeeeeeeee....eight nine hundreeeeeeed!
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