▲ 243 ▼ LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don't know what to do (human-in-the-loop.bearblog.dev) submitted 2 months ago by codeinabox@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev 93 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world -5 points 2 months ago (1 child) +1 for a nuanced take. My America-as-default bias is strong and you rightfully call me out on that. I also notice this isn't the shitposting sub... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) Even in the US I started at 65k which was normal back in the early 2010s for a junior dev. I didn't reach 6 figures until I'd been in the industry for 5 or 6 years, after changing jobs and then getting promoted. It's not that different from other stem jobs. It's a good job and I can't complain much, but the Ivy League brats who bragged about their ridiculous starting salaries created a false impression of the industry. They were always a tiny minority and they're basically non-existent now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) Even in the US I started at 65k which was normal back in the early 2010s for a junior dev. I didn't reach 6 figures until I'd been in the industry for 5 or 6 years, after changing jobs and then getting promoted. It's not that different from other stem jobs. It's a good job and I can't complain much, but the Ivy League brats who bragged about their ridiculous starting salaries created a false impression of the industry. They were always a tiny minority and they're basically non-existent now. permalink fedilink source parent