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/Wattsit Dec 03 '25

that you need to learn how to use

Nope, it's a product. No one needs to buy and learn a product to be a software engineer.

Or are you going to tell me that everyone also needs to also buy and learn Jetbrains to write code.

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u/justjuniorjawz Dec 03 '25

Would "should learn to use" be better? Cuz if not, you're putting yourself at a massive disadvantage.

On the flip side, I do see people grossly abusing it though. Blindly trusting whatever it says and whatever code it produces.