I've seen too many managers complain about engineers being "difficult" for being exigent about work environment and tools. Developers are not machines, and their tools are important to them even if you do not understand why.
@galdor I fear that the machinification of devs will ever increase with the deployment of GPTs in corporations. Execs will expect that devs use GPTs first and then fix whatever it throws at them, in whatever tools Microsoft will mandate to be used.
And when things go wrong, it will still be the devs' fault. Where does that lead us? Bright devs will part with their job, and offshore outsourcing will see a big revival. Not a very positive outlook for our industry.
@louis It's too soon to tell, but I do not expect things to change that much.
Companies mass producing shitty corporate software or run-of-the-mill websites will use and abuse AI code generation the same way they current subcontract (with or without offshore teams). Quality does not matter to them, it's all about cheap and fast.
Companies treating software as an asset will continue hiring as they currently do; AI may be used as a tool (or not, given the obvious liability; time will tell), but will not replace engineers because they work is not just about puking code everywhere.
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