Are software engineers going to extinct?
With all the hype around chatGpT. I’m already very impressed about the things free version can do. I just looked at the chatGPT 4 demo and heard many awesome things about this version like how powerful it is compared to the previous one. I’m not just worried about this particular model, but such models can be created (eg: Github co-pilot). How likely demand for software engineering will take a hit? #engineering #software #swe
No
Do you know that there are still job openings for COBOL programmers on linkedin?
Eventually, just like any dominant professions in the history. The question is when
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Nope
ChatGPT is not a threat to SWEs any more than no-code website builders are
Is Software Engineering the same as it was 30 years ago? No and it won’t be the same 30 years from now either. The problems and tools will be different day to day. My opinion is that problem solvers will be eternally employable. The best you can do is adapt and use what is available to increase your effectiveness.
I am sure the engineers who are only capable of copying and pasting code without understanding what they wre actually writing are very worried about being replaced
No, next question
Can you please elaborate?
Why don't you ask chatGPT. Can chatGPT build you a full os system? Talk to customers? Invent new paradigms? Did calculators and supercomputers put mathematicians out of business?