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Should I find a new career instead of software engineering? (sopuli.xyz)
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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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[–] 1 point 7 hours ago (2 children)

when was the last time your LLM asked you a question

The coding agents will do that. Ask which of a couple of approaches you'd like to go with.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 hours ago (1 child)

    I think they meant questions unrelated to the current tasks.

    AI agents and Junior engineers both have their pros and cons. But this column definitely goes to the human engineers.

    I had no idea at the time that I'd miss those annoying questions once all the juniors are gone.

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