[DeathArrow]

>I’m sure that LLMs are a leading cause of the fall in software developer job postings

I can't agree with the conclusion. I can come with tens of examples of when using AI doesn't work.

Also, software engineering means much more than writing code.

[menaerus]

I don't disagree with you but a different view that could support the OP hypothesis could be that prior to the AI boom we could see that 90% of the capital went into "normal" software engineering jobs while maybe only 10% of the capital went into the ML market.

Now in the AI boom era, 90% of the capital goes into the AI while 10% goes into SE jobs. That could explain the drop in SE jobs.

[DeathArrow]

That can be a valid point, sure. But the AI bubble will burst just like the dotcom bubble. Maybe some money will return into SE jobs.

[menaerus]

It might burst but it may take years for that and until then it's going to be a struggle for most people in non-ML engineering jobs. But it might not burst at all? The trends in AI developments for the past few years are a bit concerning IMO.

[KronisLV]

> Also, software engineering means much more than writing code.

What if it speeds up the part of pumping out widgets in the widget factory, shipping Spring Boot / Laravel / whatever projects more quickly and therefore individual devs becoming more productive on cookie cutter projects (without necessarily getting more money for it either).

[IsTom]

That's been the case with libraries and frameworks since forever and all it does is rise demand for devs because of Jevons paradox.

[2-3-7-43-1807]

the quote doesn't state what you intend to refute.