What does it mean to "be an engineer" in a world where anyone can talk to a machine and the operating system can write the code (on-demand, if needed) that does what they want?

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embedding-shape 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Indeed, and what is really the difference between a software engineer, programmer, coder and hacker anyways?

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rglullis 5 hours ago | parent [-]

There used to a time where "computer" was a person who manually run calculations. These don't exist anymore.

So, my point is that once corporations have access to machines generating software (not "code") that can be usable by non-technical people, "programming" will not be a profession anymore. There will be no point in talking about "10x software engineers" because the process to produce a software product will be entirely automated.

	▲	32df 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		lol youre living in delulu-land if you think thatll actually happen. I dont make a living being a SWE either.