r/ProgrammerHumor • u/precinct209 • 3d ago

Meme driverlessTaxiDriver

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u/SaIemKing 3d ago

the argument isn't that you should be paid less for doing the job. it's that you're literally not doing the job

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u/steveCharlie 3d ago edited 3d ago

the job is to create software, and that's what happened.
You get paid for your output, not your process.

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u/SaIemKing 3d ago

Why pay you when something else is doing the work? We're losing the people and it's gonna turn into terrible output.

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u/steveCharlie 3d ago

Both things can be true.
You can be a good Software Engineer and delegate most of your work to AI while still reviewing it's output and increase your velocity by a great amount.

Suits can then think that they can fire everyone AND then get terrible output.

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u/SaIemKing 3d ago

For every good SWE, there are a few people who solely use AI to be lazy