I read all the posts in this thread - but no one has a good idea to avoid software developer obsolescence. My guess is this profession has 5 more years. It was a good run while it lasted.

All the other white collar workers are in the same boat. A pillar of the economy is going to be destroyed with no obvious replacement in sight.

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cambaceres 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Ok so it’s five years now? I’ve heard for the last three years that software developers will be out of job within the next 6-18 months. I’m glad to hear I’ll have a job for a little bit longer.

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rootusrootus 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

5 more years? That’s quite pessimistic, given how much evidence we have that LLM coding has as much of a long tail problem as any other tech we’ve created.

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xyzal 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Which other profession has the same amount of training data freely available for the taking?

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goodrun 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Don't need much training data for bank/insurance/retail analyst work - it's just basic reasoning and data retrieval. If AI could crack the programming nut - one of the most intellectually challenging professions - it can handle the rest with ease. The only human role will be high level monitoring - and even this will be largely automated so fewer will be required.

	▲	goodrun 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Sorry to reply to myself but I just recalled the recent Apple ad that ran last year about a corporate goofball who got his Apple device to fire off well crafted email slop to his manager who looked surprised/impressed. That trick will only last for a short time. The joke is that people like him and his manager will be the first to be fired.