re: "We've been telling kids for 15 years to learn to code, now AI is coming for the coders."

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I've mentioned this secret before. Half of coders can't code. They do other things like test, or paperwork, or "scrum master", they write reports, they go to meetings. But they actually can't put together working software. We need more working software in the world, a lot more. There are many deep algos that need to be worked on, especially in AI. AI is going to reap those low skill SW Devs. The rest will be fine, better than fine

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This is accurate. I’ve interviewed hundreds of software engineers. Most can’t code at all. They can fake it well enough by parroting buzzwords. But make them write a little code and they fall flat. I’ve had several just walk out.

As mentioned by this post, may do ancillary jobs that will be replaced by AI.


Different note, listened to an Alan Watts talk where he spoke to IBM engineers about 60 years ago. To me this talk drew many parallels with what I’m seeing today with the use of technology vs human creativity. Worth a listen and reflection to what’s going on with AI.

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Mike Rowe

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An opera singer cosplaying as a leader of tradesmen while being paid 300k per speaking arrangements by Blackrock to promote the "lucrative" trades.


Dude is a class A charlatan.

We don’t have enough electricians or lineman now. The demand is high for many reasons. The data center bubble is a big one. I know there will be gas units built in the next few years. If a kid wanted to get into a trade now is the time.

I guess heavy equipment operator qualifies as a trade.I thought that’s what I wanted to for a living.Went in Navy,asked for E.O Mos and got it.
Went to A school and some B schools to learn how to operate all kinds of equipment.
I enjoyed the schools and doing some different things in the Navy.
Got out and went to work running an earthmover.2 weeks of that,I said frick this,I’ve got the G.I.bill I’m going to college.Quit and went and registered for nursing school.Did that for 35 years.

Running equipment,for a company was different,Navy wasn’t trying to make a profit.
Running that machine was boring as hell,going in a big circle.Pick up a load of dirt here,drop it over there.Over and over,work 12 hours a day7 days a week when weather allowed.

Nursing was a tough job but it was rarely boring.Weather was always nice,A C in the summer,heat in the winter.Lot’s of eye candy in a hospital.

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Yep, keeps popping up and it's usually by people that do not understand AI.

Here's a great analogy.

Good "coders" are basically Tony Stark
AI is the iron man suit

Tony by himself can get a lot done.
Iron man suit by itself kind of sucks.
Tony + iron man suit = gets a lot of shite done

Good coders are going no where. Offshore button clickers are.

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but the problem is now you only need 1 Tony Stark to replace what previously was 5

Well you gave all the coding jobs to H1B farms first. So don’t pretend like AI is what broke this market.