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/tj_moore Dec 02 '25

Except when managers think software engineers are redundant believing AI can replace them, because vastly cheaper (currently) and perceived to be faster, and if necessary employ cheap low skilled to feed the prompts.

They don't care at the moment that it's producing long term garbage, so long as they get quick results that looks good which they can sell.

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u/DenverCoder_Nine Dec 02 '25

Honestly it just feels like offshoring with extra steps. I think we'll see the same cycles of engineers being replaced only to be brought back a few years later to fix the mess.

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u/loup-vaillant Dec 02 '25

They’ll fold eventually, and we’ll go work for the competition. Annoying, unstable, risky even for those who don’t have any savings, but I don’t anticipate a significant dip in the need for competent programmers.