u/LazyMeringue1973 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
With the release of GPT 4o, should SWE / CS grads start to worry about employment prospects?
u/michaelnovati replied ·
I don't think so and it might even create more jobs soon. I expect a of non-technical jobs will be replaced by "pseudo-engineers".
For example, instead of having 5 customer service reps, you might have a prompt engineer working on refining AI that responds to customers on the front lines, assisted with AI tools that they use and training - but WITHOUT MUCH ACTUAL PROGRAMMING.
There will probably be a wide spectrum of types of engineers and the compensation won't be nearly as high for these less-coding ones, and will probably be HIGHER than it is now for the ones that are behind the scenes running the show.