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From Kingmakers to co-pilots, what's the future for developers?

2024/8/25
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Is the market shifting from evaluating software as an economic driver to re-evaluating the cost of software in the context of how AI can improve, augment or replace developers? 

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SHOW NOTES:

  • AWS CEO says developers might stop coding soon) (Business Insider)
  • Amazon CEO highlights the impacts of co-pilots on code) (Andy Jassy)
  • I’m tired of fixing customer’s AI-generated code)
  • The New Kingmakers) (Stephen O’Grady)
  • Exploring Generative AI) (Martin Fowler)
  • The Death of the Junior Developer)
  • Salary Pressures, Not AI, Vex Developers) (The New Stack)

THE CLOUD WAS BUILT UPON ENABLING DEVELOPERS (“BUILDERS”)

  • The value of the developer exploded over the last decade
  • Software has reshaped most industries over the last decade

WE’RE MOVING FROM THE ECONOMICS OF SOFTWARE TO THE ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPERS

  • Code assistants for AI are the early leader in driving AI revenue
  • Do we have developer “productivity” or “creativity”?
  • Does AI have more impact on legacy code or new code?
  • How does the role of Junior vs. Senior developer change?
  • What happens to System Integrators?

 

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