Most of these decisions were not made by people who understood the limits of the technology.

The uncomfortable part of all this is that it is not a technology problem. It is a leadership problem. AI does not make bad executives worse. It gives them a faster way to prove they are bad. The leaders still standing in 2030 will be the ones honest enough to put the rehiring cost in the business case before the ink dries on the layoff letter.

ROFL

  • sobchak@programming.dev
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    4 days ago

    When you need two weeks and two people to do the work of dozens over the course of months the number will never recover.

    That’s not the reality though. There’s no good evidence showing any software engineering productivity gains from AI. Maybe in the future, but not now. If that becomes the case, there’s also Jevons Paradox. However, I think companies will just backfill offshore.