What do software engineers actually do? (How to make an impact with your coding)

What do software engineers actually do? Do they just write the code? And if so, are they becoming obsolete as the code will write itself in the near future? Advances such as GPT-3 and Github Copilot, as well as low code tools promise to take away easily automated routine work. Will they succeed? Is the programming profession to become the next blacksmith?

Warning: This is a rather lengthy rant at 27 minutes. On the other hand it may have an impact on how you think about your work, and future so might be worth watching. If you find value or entertainment in this video, show it by clicking those buttons. And if you like to agree, disagree, or enrich the ideas and opinions here, feel free to do so, in the comments section.

Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
1:04 - Coding is easy
3:06 - What is actually hard?
7:30 - Waterfall fails
10:08 - Agile fails
11:10 - Feedback loop
13:52 - An Excellent Product Owner
16:40 - Continuous Deployment
21:15 - Value of a feature
23:14 - KISS
25:40 - Conclusion

Тэги:

#software_engineer #software_developer #computer_science #agile_project_management #agility #waterfall_model #continuous_deployment #rant #software_designer #low_code #ai #github_copilot #gpt-3

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