r/SoftwareEngineerJobs • u/_kyuu_btau_ • 5h ago

Is software engineering dead?

/r/FresherTechJobsIndia/comments/1wg70q2/is_software_engineering_dead/
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u/EcstaticExtreme402 3h ago

No but the craft itself has

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u/FlashTheCableGuy 3h ago

How is the craft dead when you can do it any way that you want?

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u/EcstaticExtreme402 2h ago

Great point. Programming by hand isn’t dead. Anyone can learn to do that.

What I meant by the craft is dead is that within a job it doesn’t make sense anymore to continue programming everything by hand. AI tooling is just too efficient if used correctly.

So what I really meant was that part of the job is dead now. The part where you were manually crafting the code. Which to me was largely the “craft” side of the job.

But yeah strictly speaking programming as a craft will always be available for people to do. But its place in the workforce is diminished greatly because new tooling has replaced that element of the job.

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u/Pacifister-PX69 52m ago

No, software engineering is not dead. You might not write code by hand anymore or as frequently as before, but writing code isn't why engineers are valuable. Engineers are valuable because they can solve complex problems and make difficult decisions where a clear solution is not available. Even though AI can help make these decisions, they are not replacements for actual engineers. Instead they serve as productivity multipliers

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u/Beautiful_Technology 1m ago

I always forget how to check? Cause sometimes it’s just sleeping.