About how ChatGPT will affect software careers and junior developers.
Has this happened?
Yes 117 (85%)Not sure 10 (7%)No 10 (7%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Hacker News has set AI a lot of challenges over the years. Which ones has it met?
About how ChatGPT will affect software careers and junior developers.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
But aren't the devs of the future on GPT right now, half-assing learning to code while getting a fast track education in correcting bugs and architecting?
If this technology evolves to be able to reliably generate working code to a prompt, the entire field of software dev will shift dramatically. Some junior and some senior devs would prove better at meeting deadlines by AI whispering, and others would have to find new career paths.