[orangecoffee]

The solution is simple, but unpalatable to us. With AI, SWE-1 becomes a minimum wage job, with SWE2 (1.5X), SWE3 (2X) and SWE4 (3x). With such a rationalization we will retain more of the work here, or this will move. Government policies cannot control this as it will mean losing tech hegemony.

Is it worth taking a hit on higher compensation for longer term peace of mind?

[lou1306]

Then why companies aren't offering minimum-wage SWE-1 jobs already? Could it be that the output of an AI tool still needs a modicum of skill and craft to evaluate?

[orangecoffee]

Internships are these, and are getting longer. I'm also thinking this is what will stop the transfer of roles to another part of the world.

Of course using AI is a skill. But the effort needed to get there is becoming lower and lower.

[lou1306]

Well not exactly. An internship is a temporary position, which people mostly just take to improve a CV at an early career stage, or as a fallback after being laid off. A "minimum wage job" is... A job.

[brainwad]

Internships at my employer pay 6 figures. I've never seen a minimum wage SWE internship.

[raw_anon_1111]

Hell I had an internship in 1995 and they paid $10 an hour then and provided housing.

For context, my take home was $650 every two weeks - my total quarterly tuition at school and the next year the cost to rent a one bedroom in the northern burbs of Atlanta.