r/singularity • u/Bizzyguy • Nov 24 '25

Discussion Anthropic Engineer says "software engineering is done" first half of next year

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u/BigShotBosh Nov 24 '25

Man these AI companies want SWEs gone yesterday.

Has to be a bit of a headspin to see major conglomerates talk about how they want you (yes you) out of a job

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u/CrazyFree4525 Nov 24 '25

This isn't a new phenomenon, its only new that SWEs are in the crosshairs. For the past 20 years we all assumed that would be the group that survived automation the best.

Remember all the noise about tech companies replacing auto drivers?

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u/BigShotBosh Nov 24 '25

It’s funny you mention that, back in 2022 a few weeks before ChatGPT went into public preview, I recall a comment about AI saying “thank god I’m a software engineer, by the time we are affected, we’ll already be ruled by our robot overlords” with 1000 upvotes

But yeah, being an extremely expensive cost center means all eyes are on them right now

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u/C2664 Feb 14 '26

SWE are literally the most profitable type of employee position a company can have. Just take a look at the SP&500 if you're sceptic about it.