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Don’t learn to code: Nvidia’s founder Jensen Huang advises a different career path::Don't learn to code advises Jensen Huang of Nvidia. Thanks to AI everybody will soon become a capable programmer simply using human language.

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[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

So TIL 'prompt engineer' is now a thing. We're doomed, aren't we?

[-] Buttons@programming.dev 6 points 8 months ago

Yay! Another job that's impossible to fail at for those who are already well-off.

[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 9 points 8 months ago

"Time to pull the ladder up!"

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[-] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Just because you're the CEO of a big company, it doesn't mean you know what you're talking about. In this case it's clear he doesn't. You may say "but the company makes a lot of money" and that's not a point in his favor either, as this is a clear example of survivor bias. Coding is going nowhere and the companies laying off people are just a proof CEOs don't know what they are doing.

For years there have been open source solutions ready for basically any purpose, and if that has not made coders useless, nothing will. Maybe they will change designation, but people that understand what's going on at a technical level will always be necessary.

There have been some situations in the past few years that made the situation less clear-cut, but that doesn't make coders optional.

[-] OleoSaccharum@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago

Nvidia is such a stupid fucking company. It's just slapping different designs onto TSMC chips. All our "chip companies" are like this. In the long run they are all going to get smoked. I won't tell you by whom. You shouldn't need a reminder.

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[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Good thing I'm majoring in computer engineering instead of computer science. I have a backdoor through electrical engineering.

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[-] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 months ago

I'm so sick of the hyper push for specialization, it may be efficient but it's soul crushing. IDK maybe it's ADHD but I'd rather not do any one thing for more than 2 weeks.

[-] wahming@monyet.cc 4 points 8 months ago

What hyper push? I can't think of a time in history ever when somebody with two weeks of experience was in demand

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[-] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

Funny enough we now have prompt engineering which is specifically for talking to ai.

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