programmers

4 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Chris Granger · across every show →

Everything said about programmers, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 negative
Opinion
Granger: Turning everyone into software programmers is neither realistic nor desirable
“I don't know that it's realistic, though, that, or even desirable, right, that we end up with, you know, far more programmers than we end up with anything else.”
Chris Granger Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:04 a16z Podcast | Coding as Literacy
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Prediction Held up
Andreessen: Software developers will earn higher salaries due to AI productivity
“If anything, actually, what's gonna happen is the programmers are gonna get, the programmers are gonna be higher paid because they're gonna be higher productivity.”
Marc Andreessen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 16:29 a16z Podcast | From Jobs to Flying Cars
Jan 2, 2019 bearish
Opinion
Andreessen: AI eliminating software engineers is pure science fiction
“But the idea that AI is a, is sort of this magic pixie dust that we sprinkle in anything, and therefore all the programmers are going away, it's just, it's, that, I mean, it's just science fiction.”
Marc Andreessen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 16:19 a16z Podcast | From Jobs to Flying Cars
Nov 24, 2025
Insight
Epoch AI: Developer subscription revenue is the top indicator of AI utility
“I think at the end of the day, the most reliable indicator here is going to be how much money these people are making from programmers. And from, you know, subscriptions in general, and it's a lot of money. I think there's definitely indications that people ar…”
Epoch AI Researcher Nov 24, 2025 ▶ 17:15 The 2045 Superintelligence Timeline: Epoch AI’s Data-Driven Forecast
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