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mattmanser | on: How I write software with LLMs
Where's this delusion come from recently that great engineers didnt write code?

What a load of crap.

All you're doing is describing a different job role.

What you're talking about is BA work, and a subset of engineers are great at it, but most are just ok.

You're claiming a part of the job that was secondary, and not required, is now the whole job.

borski | parent
I never said great engineers didn’t write code. But writing the code was never the point.

The point has always been delivering the product to the customer, in any industry. Code is rarely the deliverable.

That’s my point.

mattmanser | root | parent | next
And a horse breeder was important to transportation until the 1920s, but it doesn't mean their job was transportation.

They didn't magically become great truck drivers.

Programmers do not deliver products, they deliver code to make products.

If the code is no longer needed, nor is the job. A different job will replace it with different skills required.

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wiseowise | root | parent
> But writing the code was never the point.

Is that why most prestigious jobs grilled you like a devil on algos/system design?

> The point has always been delivering the product to the customer, in any industry. Code is rarely the deliverable.

That’s just nonsense. It’s like saying “delivering product was always the most important thing, not drinking water”.

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