CODING

@programmergrind

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The video taps into a prevalent fear and discussion point in the tech industry: the impact of AI on jobs. By presenting a strong, contrarian opinion with a confident delivery, it likely sparked engagement through agreement, disagreement, and debate.

Summary

The creator argues that manually writing code will soon be obsolete due to AI. They claim that prompt engineers will outcompete traditional software engineers because AI can generate and review code more efficiently. The creator advocates for embracing AI tools rather than relying on manual coding.

Structure

1Introduction to the idea of loving code
2Distinction between loving the idea of coding and manually writing code
3Warning against being a software engineer if one only loves manual coding
4Explanation of how AI is replacing manual coding
5The rise of prompt engineers and their advantage
6Conclusion: embrace AI, don't rely on manual coding

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CODING

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if ur in it for the love of MANUALLY WRITING CODE here’s a heads up #Tech #ai #programming #computerscience #code

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Transcript

If you love to code, don't be a software engineer. I really mean it, dude. I'm not saying that you love the idea of code and building software and using AI. I'm saying you're manually writing code, typing code on the keyboard. You love writing JavaScript, writing Java. Like, crazy. Doing lead code. You love writing code. You should not be a software engineer. That code will be replaced. You. I'm the guy that every crashes out about AI. That really stuff. You people will replace you if you're manually writing code in the industry. Relying on software industry. You want to bring it to the industry like coding. Problem. No. Am. I am using AI to generate the code and then I'm using a sub agent of that AI conversation to review my code and until where the code myself. I am not writing it myself. Sometimes my changing. I'm not changing that myself. Your reason becoming engineer like code. You engineer. Prompt engineers will outcompete outpace you in this industry. Reality. Don't. Don't try to do this stuff because you like code anymore.