Uncertainty about the future demand for software development roles due to advancements in AI

Signals over time

3 observed signals across 1 sources, tracked for 5 days. Confidence: low.

What people are saying Observed

• “How does that track though? If, as a programmer, I claim programming is really the tasks a principle engineer does at Google or Netflix, is that accurate or survivorship bias from someone who made it to the top of the chain? If lawyerin’ was always doing something novel, it wouldn’t be much of a set of laws. The bulk of lawyerin’ in the US is, I would guess without a whit of substantiation, a lot of small claims and standard form type things. Not discounting the value of the profession in any way, but if one job based on standard codes can have its basic functions replaced by AI, why not another?”

  Hacker News · question

• “Advice. I’ve been building an ai software for a while now that will help benefit high lead volume business and influencers , im 22 and starting my own business from my own idea from scratch and new to everything Before starting I decided against reaching out to business and seeing if there was a market out there for my idea as I wanted to do that once I’ve got something for them to see for themselves and try out and I also didn’t want the wait time to be too long , so I’ve been building the software and updating it for the last few months now Im nearing the end of the software from being built and wondered if I’ve made a mistake not seeing if there’s a market out there for me and I could be doing all this work for nothing I’m now at a crossroads where I’m unsure on what to do do I carry on building finish the software and use it to showcase what I can do the benefits I can offer and how it will look or do I stop what I’m doing email as many business in my niches as I can and try get an understanding on desire for my software and then carry on finishing the system as I’m only around 2 weeks from full completion I’d love to hear your advice on this as I’m very new to business and ent”

  Reddit · question

• “Well that's why I said I think there's two possible outcomes. If the AI is so good that you don't need to think about the code or architecture at all (which isn't quite the same thing as whether you looked at the code or not) I think most work goes away in general. In this case there may be less demand for software because there will be little to use software for in the first place. > The hiring for those roles might be closer to "knows our domain well" than "knows the tech stack" This does seem likely to me, no matter what. But: > Will software developers be the ones making it, or will it be the experts in the relevant domain? In World #1, I imagine there will be someone whose job it is to produce the software, yes, and they'll probably do a much better job if they have a strong conception of how software and computers work.”

  Hacker News · question