Tell me what to spend my limited free time learning as a software engineer to help me prolong my career in the face of #AI.
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Terry Davis isn't alive to answer but according to his words the crux might be programming a compiler
Building for Bitcoin. Focus on ideas.
Love this. And totally trying to ramp up on the technical details.
Honestly it feels like a difficult space to have a stable job right now though, for the sole bread winner in a family. This is my primary concern.
This feels ideal though, for sure. I think I’m the future it would become more prevalent and so prepping skill and knowledge around bitcoin, and contributing to projects now would be beneficial.
As you specify though, focusing on ideas is key because the mundane coding stuff will definitely be replaceable by AI.
For sure. You are in a great place to be here on nostr now. Keep it up. There is nothing to fear.
Well for one I’d definitely use AI to improve your workflow efficiency, but I’d also definitely focus time and effort on core skills. Even with AI it’s helpful to know the landscape in order to ask the right questions. So things like system design principles, HTTP concepts, learning design patterns, learning how to write good tests, etc will help you even if you’re doing a decent amount of the grunt work with AI.
Yeah, I have about 25 years of programming experience, over 15 in actual professional experience. So the fundamentals are quite ingrained.
In my current position I’m already using AI to improve workflows in terms of code reviewing/suggestions, auto completions and general problem solving. So will plan to keep up with what the tools provide. But as engineers get more efficient using AI tooling, the companies will need fewer engineers to deliver projects in the required time, so lay offs are inevitable.
Only key people will be required and I’m trying to identify how to be one
Marketing. Always marketing.
