[fhd2]

My perspective (as a CTO who's hired hundreds of developers in the past 12 years) is that I don't have a use case for Devin, from what I've seen about it.

That comes down to why I hire developers in the first place: To share my responsibilities with people I can trust.

I don't hire them to write code or to close tickets. The act of programming, I consider an exercise that helps them understand the problems we solve and the logic of our solutions. I'm always excited when I have a well specified ticket I can hand to a new hire to learn the ropes. So the kind of thing I can imagine Devin can pull off at some point, that'd actually be detrimental to the kinds of teams I build.

I don't think I represent the majority of why people hire developers though, so I guess tools like that may well have a big impact on the industry. Nobody can predict that though.

Uncertainty sucks, but it's how things are. I find the best way to deal with uncertainty is to become better at adapting to unforeseen circumstances. Programmers have quite a bit of experience with that, for what it's worth.

[codegeek]

My take is that AI may replace mediocre task taking developers who just write code. It won't replace problem solvers who use code as a means to solve actual problems.

[skydhash]

> My take is that AI may replace mediocre task taking developers who just write code.

Is there such a job? Even the tinniest bit of code I had to write involved learning about the problem and the platform to come up with the solution. There was some I could hand over to ChatGPT, but it always felt like when somebody gives you their vim or zsh config. You always wonder what's going on here, and you might just as well read the documentation.

[fhd2]

Yup, essentially what I think. With the caveat that I find the act of programming to be one of the best ways to deeply explore, understand and learn things. So in other words: I see a lot more value in coding than I see in code.

I'm sure it's not the only way, not in the long run anyway.

[sunnysogra]

Yeah, I have the same perspective. If a person likes coding and his problem-solving skills are good,he can definitely survive whatever the circumstances.