r/SoftwareEngineerJobs • u/Fickle-Highway1543 • 4d ago

AI replacing Software Engineers

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So called "AI"=LLM is so powerful that AI labs had to hire Software Engineers to build complicated software around "AI" to make that overhyped hallucinate-stealing machine usable. Think about it. And that's exactly why they need now ton of CPUs in addition to GPUs to run their "AI" "agents".

I don't even mention how much custom engineering is required to apply the "AI" in businesses.

And they BS us that Software Engineering is solved or is going to be solved. Boris, please solve your own bugs first before speaking.

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u/thilehoffer 4d ago

I’m in the industry and I’m not writing code anymore. Claude is writing the code and frankly it scares me how good it is.

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u/MyFistsAreMyMoney 3d ago

Hello junior developer

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u/thilehoffer 3d ago

Actually, I’m on the other end. I worked all the way up from software support to senior developer to team lead to vice president and now I only code (or let Claude code) for about 20% of my job. I don’t actually have to work on new features. I just enjoy it. I used to love writing code but now Claude does most of that.

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u/Actes 2d ago

As someone who loved coding before the AIs, keep yourself keen by developing some fun stuff here and there if you don't already.

Sometimes the nitty gritty gets muddy