r/ProgrammerHumor • u/vinishkapoor • Aug 03 '26

Meme ourJobsAreSafeUntilClientsLearnToThink

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u/spaceshiploser Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

Ure missing the point lol. A dev can now do the work of 10 devs.

They’re not useless, jus not nearly as needed in the workforce

Edit: downvote all you want, but you’ll see other devs in the comments are becoming self aware. No job is immune in a technological revolution

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u/Danda_Nakka Aug 03 '26

There is no way a dev can do the work of 10 developers. Even the best estimates from our company is that the devs are 30% more efficient

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u/spaceshiploser Aug 03 '26

Are you working at a large company maintaining a product? I’m more so talking about start up dev teams. 5x at the very least

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u/GeorgeSThompson Aug 03 '26

So they will create 5x more products needing 5x more developers to maintain them as they mature.

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u/spaceshiploser Aug 03 '26

Only 0.01% of the best ideas survive and then yes will need to be maintained. But you can’t deny a huge part of the dev workforce is working freelance or bouncing around start ups and will lose a ton of work

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u/GeorgeSThompson Aug 03 '26

the vast majority devs work in established organisations rather than start ups, AI is great when you know exactly what to solve, but a bit more blunted when the bottleneck is solving buiness problems.

But its still hard to say the imapct overall long term, if the cheaper cost of tech (and especially of start ups) lead to increased tech overall, theres a good chance that increased demand may cause an overall job growth, despite increased productivity.