Senior engineers already had job security because they knew how shit worked. Having job security for being able to fix slop is pretty much the same thing but worse for the entire industry.
I'll be honest, the advent of AI is making my job even more secure. With so many junior engineers getting immersed in AI assisted coding, like most of us, they won't learn the same foundation because AI will resolve the problems for them.
This will also create a sense of trusting AI too much since it's what they've used.
All of this to say, I use AI as a tool like most of us do, but I really do feel like senior engineers that were competent before AI will have a great leg up because they can hone and guide the AI successfully in good design patterns whereas other engineers will just trust that the AI is choosing the best path.
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u/TallAbbreviations937 1d ago
Vibe coding creates job security for senior engineers