In the near future, a "good programmer" might not be defined by someone who can write bug-free, clear code, but rather by someone who can prompt for code that works consistently within the context of AI. If that happens, I'll have to find a different job.

At least at my company, we have never really cared how it gets done, even before AI. It just has to work (ideally bug-free and maintainable) by the deadline. If you can keep up with shorter deadlines, more power to you. It’s basically a modern John Henry vs the steam drill.

That’s the exact definition our CEO gave of our job this week. That’s how he sees and expects us to work now. I feel some anxiety because that’s too much too fast. We went from « we need to fix every single bug we encounter » to « it doesn’t matter if there’s bugs as long as we ship a feature fast »