I just finished a PhD in stats, and before that, studied computer science. I had planned to go back to industry to do software engineering or be a data scientist afterwards.

However, it seems that in the meantime, vibe coding has taken over the software industry and swallowed most data scientist roles. Few open positions, and the ones that do exist are just pushing a button instead of thinking and solving problems. Is this a correct assessment? Should I try to get back in or just find a new career? I am not too keen on staying in academia either.

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[–] [S] 0 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I think at the point SWE and DS are solved problems

Do you mean this is an unknown point in the future?

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  • [–] 5 points 7 hours ago

    Think the point is you can put aside the debate about when and if and just take it that all the likely alternative careers are in the same boat, whatever shape the boat is in. Especially if you've already done your education.

    You might have more need to think on it if you are, say in high school or very early college. Then you might think on dramatically different paths based on risk or generally perceived risk.

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  • [–] 1 point 19 minutes ago

    I mean I don't think they are solved now. In my job AI still needs me for certain aspects, you could probably replace me with someone less skilled potentially but company's usually pay a premium for reliability etc. Maybe in five years time this isn't the case I don't know, but company's (at least in Europe) will be slow to adapt and I think its quite likely employee protections will be pretty heavily enforced to try and stop all the white collar job money being sent to American tech companies but that's just my two cents

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