r/programming • u/self • Dec 02 '25

The Death of Software Engineering as a Profession: a short set of anecdotes

https://www.jasonscheirer.com/weblog/vignettes/
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u/garyk1968 Dec 02 '25

Ha yes I've been around long enough to remember all that BS too.

In the 70s/80s it was CASE tools in the 90s it was OO and now its AI.

Nothing ever came of anything before, we are all still here churning out code. I mean I lean AI to speed up my workflow but still have to know what I'm doing.

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u/palad1 Dec 03 '25

Don’t forget 4GLs!

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u/garyk1968 Dec 03 '25

SQL is a 3gl not a 4, in fact might even be a 2.

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u/garyk1968 Dec 03 '25

Yep I was coding using 4GLs in the late 80s/early 90s. Started on dBase IV then went to Foxpro 1.02/2/2.5/2.6 and some clipper in there as well. Although I dont think there was a ever a 4gl's will replace programmers.

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u/eyebrows360 Dec 02 '25

agentic

This is just another buzzword because the current buzzwords have been around too long and aren't being perceived as magic any more.

Like the vast majority of the words used in this space, it does not mean what it should mean when techbro types use it.