[2fdsdf]

And there were people like you claiming that the jobs of SWE's would start imploding the moment LLMs could generate sufficient code that could be considered production grade.

You, just like 'them' are no better. It would be better if all those on the extreme ends could be muted - the truth is closer to the middle.

[solenoid0937]

Nearly all big tech code is AI written today. What about that isn't "production-grade?"

Didn't Oracle just lay off 30k people, Meta plans on laying off thousands more this year, Microsoft and Amazon have already done layoffs in the name of AI?

So at what point should naysayers update their priors? How many times must people be proven wrong to think "maybe I have the wrong perspective here after all?"

Full disclosure, I used to be a skeptic myself in the early days, but I think being a skeptic today is pure stubbornness, not rational.

[kajman]

> Nearly all big tech code is AI written today. What about that isn't "production-grade?"

I do not think the recent reliability and quality of major services would be considered acceptable if it weren't for a domestic tech oligopoly systematically lowering standards.

The U.S. auto industry also shows that oligopolies can shut out competition for quite some time and steer their captive market into accepting mediocrity, but innovation continues anyway. It's quite the contrast seeing domestic automakers turn their backs on EVs at the same time the Chinese are advertising 10 minute flash charging.

[2fdsdf]

With all due respect, you sound like a bozo - Ive seen you edit your post about 5 times.

What matters is the aggregate activity in the labour market - for which - the activity associated with demand for software engineers is healthy.