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xrd • yesterday at 8:09 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

  "We may be in the first generation of software engineers in the same position. If so, it’s probably a good idea to plan accordingly."
He compares software engineers to pro athletes. What does it mean to plan accordingly? Start working with the mob to fix poker games? I don't know what "plan accordingly" means at all but it is a thought provoking statement.

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sowbug • yesterday at 11:11 PM

Imagine AI had never happened, but you had set a personal goal to write your last line of code in exactly five years. You can manage coders, you can write a novel about coding, you can run a yoga school for coders. You just can't code anymore. What do you do?

I know nothing about professional sports other than what I learned from Jerry Maguire, in which Rod Tidwell says "I got a shelf life of ten years, tops. My next contract's gotta bring me the dollars that'll last me and mine a long time. Shit, I'm out of this sport in 5 years. What's my family gonna live on? Huh?" That's the sentiment.