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mr. TIM
@timkellogg.me

both software engineers’ and mathematicians’ jobs have been mostly automated, but for the latter it feels catastrophic but not for engineers why? imo it’s because mathematicians relied on attribution & honor, whereas for software it’s easily reduced to the net value produced

Jacky Alciné
@jacky.wtf

I'd say it's been bad for software engineers too; lack of junior role hiring, excessive firing and reduced demand of labor in favor of senior dev running herds of agents

mr. TIM
@timkellogg.me

i’ve heard mixed messages on the junior part. i think you’re probably right, but some insist that older people tend not to understand AI like younger people do. i guess we’ll see how it pans out long term

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blahgo.bsky.social
@blahgo.bsky.social

Younger folks also have had AI/ML fundamentals as a core part of the curriculum for some years now. I sure as hell didn't do any ML when I got my CS degree 17 years ago. They're far better poised to take advantage of the innovative gaps around LLMs, over simply automating code production.