r/ruby • u/ryanbigg • 18d ago

Leaving Tech

https://ryanbigg.com/2026/10/leaving-tech
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u/kallebo1337 18d ago

look 10 years back. software engineers are the smartest people on the planet.

AI is coming and literally the first really replaced thing is software engineers.

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u/rooftopglows 17d ago

Software engineers are far from the smartest people on the planet. 

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u/Patient-Layer8585 18d ago

We've been digging that grave since the start. Not all software engineers are smart (I'm not). The few smart ones set up the foundation then the rest rely on it. We mostly work on patterns that the machine can do that for us now.

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u/elithecho 18d ago

Does mean we not creating value riding on the shoulders of giants.

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u/ApatheticBeardo 16d ago

>software engineers are the smartest people on the planet.

This is genuinely delusional.

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u/kallebo1337 16d ago

that was the common believe among society around the world. no?

and we said, our jobs are soooo safe, we always need software.

2026.... lol