Ask HN: What to learn/do in the age of AI?

2 justanything 4 5/7/2025, 10:16:15 AM

I wanna be a software engineer, i just love coming across problems and then brainstorming on solutions, even better if i can discuss with others. Unfortunately, i have been quite slow with learning to code, to my enormous frustration.

Now with AI agents that can code real shit up, and even genius, experienced devs on hackernews using them a lot, do i even go down this path?

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damnitbuilds · 14h ago

A mechanical engineer has to know where to put the bolts and know if they were put in the right place by a robot.

A software engineer has to know where to increment a loop counter and know if it was incremented in the right place by an AI.

Maybe you can contribute, but I would not call you "A Software Engineer".

justanything · 13h ago

that sounds pretty bleak :(

damnitbuilds · 12h ago

I clearly didn't mean that that is all a software engineer has to know, any more than that bolts are all a mechanical engineer has to know.

turtleyacht · 14h ago

Yes, thinking about computing belongs to everyone.

If you get a chance to study computer science formally, include business, physics, and math. Life gives only a window or three to dedicate to study.

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