[scotty79]

You seem to think you can only be an engineer if you are holding the shovel yourself.

Building software consists of many parts. I love each individually. I was always a bit dissatisfied about how they interact and how they block each other. I love puzzle solving, I love debugging, but I kinda hated building software because it depended on those elements and I'm not fond of context switching.

I can love building software now. And I didn't become a manager because people bs never interested me. LLM doesn't feel like a person. It feels way better.

[des429]

Yeah, it's very clear that the person that wrote the above comment didn't actually grok what the purpose of the article was. Thanks for providing a counterpoint that I think actually summarizes the article correctly.

[hellisothers]

> LLM doesn't feel like a person. It feels way better

Somebody trademark this! :D

[classified]

It seems clear to me that micromanaging a machine will hit less resistance than with a person.

[voidUpdate]

Maybe engineer was the wrong word. Developer/programmer, where I'd say that yes, you need to wield the tools yourself rather than telling someone/thing else to

[scotty79]

Agent is not someone. It is a tool. Just a one that you operate using natural language. You don't have to use software developer vocabulary, but it really helps if you want to achieve specific things regarding software development.

[voidUpdate]

Which is why I said someone/thing. Someone or Something, an LLM falling under Something, but other manager jobs use people, hence Someone