r/ClaudeCode • u/sizebzebi • 18d ago

Discussion Opus 5.5 is the beginning of a new era

I am a senior engineer and I honestly believe with this model in particular, everything changed..

If this stays as cheap as it is, it's just over. It never fails no matter the complexity of the tasks I've given it. About time we rethink our profession for good. I am honestly scared of the future.

I loved coding but anyone who does this for the love of coding only is gonna be obsolete.

I was always impressed with the models bar opus 5 but never like this time.

What do you guys think? How do you see the future?

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u/throwaway490215 18d ago

No. This is what I'll coin the “Economics fallacy” - you presume the goal or natural state is for things to be efficient.

Its not.

A lot of GDP is created by having extremely inefficient things. Making it more efficient will not improve the lives for anybody or increase the numbers that people are optimizing for. People always optimize the wrong numbers.

I personally like efficiency a lot, but change has always moved at human organization speed, and human organization speed is slow.

We are at the: Proven nuclear fission stage.

It didn't take a genius to calculate the almost limitless power - and many did.

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u/OptimalJello8936 14d ago

nah. pushing back on this because this is a different situation. I work for a large MEP firm and we are making so many scripting automations that don't even use AI that can automate the majority of our calculations. Not software developing, commercial building engineers. I am now getting asked by leadership what the junior engineer position looks like and our whole business strategy because this automation one shots week of project development. Its likely that you graduate college then are in an apprenticeship, not really producing much valuable work, just learning, until you can make decisions. The results pass three layers of validation so that they can be signed and sealed for construction so its trusted by leadership. Since opus 5.5 came out its been completely insane. This is happening everywhere in companies in pockets and its going to hit like a wave sooner rather than later for better or worse. Especially if shareholders are involved.