Ask HN: What to learn/do in the age of AI?

2 pointsjustanything1y ago4 comments

I wanna be a software engineer, i just love coming across problems and then brainstorming on solutions, even better if i can discuss with others. Unfortunately, i have been quite slow with learning to code, to my enormous frustration.

Now with AI agents that can code real shit up, and even genius, experienced devs on hackernews using them a lot, do i even go down this path?

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damnitbuilds1y ago· 2 in thread

A mechanical engineer has to know where to put the bolts and know if they were put in the right place by a robot.

A software engineer has to know where to increment a loop counter and know if it was incremented in the right place by an AI.

Maybe you can contribute, but I would not call you "A Software Engineer".

justanythingOP1y ago

that sounds pretty bleak :(

damnitbuilds1y ago

I clearly didn't mean that that is all a software engineer has to know, any more than that bolts are all a mechanical engineer has to know.

turtleyacht1y ago

Yes, thinking about computing belongs to everyone.

If you get a chance to study computer science formally, include business, physics, and math. Life gives only a window or three to dedicate to study.

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