The concept of generative AI may seem to threaten the job of software engineers, but previous generations of coders have faced similar threats before.
Zeb Larson is a writer and software engineer based in Columbus, Ohio.
He believes that ChatGPT will not replace all software engineers because there are too few people to do the work, and large projects keep grinding to a halt or experiencing delays.
To understand where the fear of end of programmers comes from, we need to look back at the evolution of coding and computing.
Software was often considered an afterthought for the early computing pioneers, who considered hardware and systems architecture the true intellectual pursuits.
But while programmers might have held a lowly position in the eyes of men like Backus, they were also indispensable.
They saved people like him from having to bother with the routine business of programming, debugging, and testing.
Even though they performed an underappreciated role, software engineers often fit poorly into company hierarchies.
In the early days
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