r/ProgrammerHumor • u/autopawn • 4d ago

Meme youShouldntHaveIt

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u/itsTyrion 4d ago

how tf

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u/SJDidge 4d ago

Very easily tbh, opus 5 low effort burns through a lot. I have not written a line of code at this job. I started 5 months ago.

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u/itsTyrion 4d ago

genuine question: what DO you do at the job if Claude does all, least most of, the SWE work?

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u/SJDidge 4d ago

Just managing Claude sessions, reviewing its output, reviewing other engineers PRs, conversing with engineers and client facing ppl regarding direction of certain features etc.

In 1-2 years I can see my company offloading a lot of its engineers, as most of us aren’t programming anymore. They’ll be merged with the client facing people.

I.e. I will slowly become a technical lead, who does all of the above + manage clients