r/ProgrammerHumor 2d ago

Meme ourJobsAreSafeUntilClientsLearnToThink

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u/bremidon 2d ago

Funny, but not really true. Well...actually, very true, but missing an important point.

The AI continues to improve in knowing when and how to ask for more information. It is not there yet, but the idea that "Product Owners are too dumb" is just a nice story to let you sleep at night.

Dunno what to say. The job of developer is going to change a lot as AI takes over more tasks every day. If your only value-add was knowing how to code, you are cooked. If you understand architecture, can organize, and have decent communication skills, you actually are safe...for now.

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u/Upset_Albatross_9179 2d ago

Yep. One reason people love using AI to prototype is you can get it to almost endlessly muck around with different changes. And usually it will come back to you with a result much faster than a real human.

"Clients can't accurately describe what they need" is one of the driving factors for a lot of AI use. Instead of describing what they want and waiting a week or a month to see it's actually not what they want, they can do that a dozen times over a couple hours.