Did AI Just Kill Software Devs? ex-Google VP of Engineering Speaks out...

These guys are highly intelligent and well-decorated engineers, yet they completely fail to answer a simple question. When asked whether a college student should continue pursuing software development — meaning, will there still be a strong job market for developers 10 years from now — they only talk about the current state of the industry, not even projecting a year ahead. No wonder they’re ex-managers. Would you trust career advice from someone who can’t think beyond the present? Let's keep in mind There’s a huge difference between this invention and every other invention in human history. This one is agentic — it will eventually make decisions and act on its own. Forget everything we’ve learned from past innovations. This is an entirely new kind of entity, and the experiences it creates will be radically different from anything before.

The video's title should be "Did AI Just Kill Sofware Dev? Again?"

It's a catch-22. Software engineers have the most insight to judge whether their jobs are replaceable, but they also have the most bias, since a "yes" literally threatens their entire livelihood. (For some, it threatens their entire sense of identity.)

I'm an electrician which sounds safe. The problem I see down the road is the world only needs so many electricians and plumbers. It can be a good living but it only pays by the hour. If u aint working u dont get paid. So for example say San Antonio needs 1000 electricians on any given day, what happens when there are 10000 electricians and we all just work 2 hours a day. That scenario is still a long way away but as people begin to lose tech jobs and come into the trades, it is a scenario.

We went from "learn to code" to "learn to plumb"

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Wrote code for 37 years, C++ and JS — I’m a cabinet maker now, the money isn’t the same but the custom jobs have relatable challenges and the quest to improve your craft is there — that said I still code for fun, but with AI now.

Claude Max for 200 BUCKS is 1000x better than Cursor. Done.

The interesting thing is that if the cost of code plummets the value of all software companies also plummets unless they have infrastructure. You’ll just see drop open source versions of everything crop up like “free salesforce” etc

1:30 I mean... Plumbers actually *are* network engineers. 🤷🏼‍♂️