Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and Afterpay, is cutting its staff by 40%. The reason: “intelligence tools,” according to a letter to shareholders by co-founder Jack Dorsey.
In my personal experience, it’s not junior devs becoming senior with time. It’s much cheaper business analysts who are being expected to do our own coding now because AI makes it “so easy”. Thanks, I hate it. I’m a pretty great analyst but a pretty mediocre developer…and my salary continues to reflect that truth (which is exactly why companies are doing it). Someday I’ll probably be an ok developer if the trend continues, all for a BA salary.
They are trying to replace the wrong jobs in my opinion. But we’ll probably not see a manager replacing himself because he realized he’s worthless after all.
In my personal experience, it’s not junior devs becoming senior with time. It’s much cheaper business analysts who are being expected to do our own coding now because AI makes it “so easy”. Thanks, I hate it. I’m a pretty great analyst but a pretty mediocre developer…and my salary continues to reflect that truth (which is exactly why companies are doing it). Someday I’ll probably be an ok developer if the trend continues, all for a BA salary.
They are trying to replace the wrong jobs in my opinion. But we’ll probably not see a manager replacing himself because he realized he’s worthless after all.