Coder
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Andreessen: Coder role will disappear within 10 to 20 years
“I think it's entirely possible that we're sitting here in 10 years, you know, in 20 years or whatever, and like the, you know, the job of coder is gone, but you have this just, you know, extraordinary number of builders running around.”
Alex Kantrowitz: There is currently no evidence that AI is displacing coders
“And by the way, we've seen no evidence that coders are going to be unemployed”
Horthy: Software engineers will orchestrate rather than manually write code
“I don't believe the like software engineering is dead and there'll be more, no more coders. I think the way I would describe it is like the role of the software engineer will change from like write working code to like produce working code. Or like cause worki…”
Harari: AI could eliminate the need for human coders in five years
“If you're trying to, you know, you build your skills as a young person, don't focus on a very narrow skill like coding, because maybe in five years they don't need coders because AIs code better than us.”
Rubin: Software developers will design the future of humanity
“And the coders will likely be the people who are designing our future.”
Mollick: There are 16 managers for every software coder
“For every coder, there are 16 managers, right?”
Mollick: Good human managers make better AI power users than coders
“So coders are often not the best users. Often the best users are people who are actually really good at working with humans.”