ChatGPT already knows - Part 5

Becoming a 'full-range engineer'

Uwe Friedrichsen

11 minute read

Sleeping collared peccaries

In the previous post, we examined how the omnipresent hyper-specialization in IT pushes software engineers into areas of human weaknesses and how nerd culture (involuntarily) reinforces the push. We also collected a little list of ideas how we can position ourselves as software engineers, aligned with humans strengths, preserving our value as software engineers in the face of modern AI solutions.

ChatGPT already knows - Part 4

The effects of hyper-specialization and nerd culture

Uwe Friedrichsen

12 minute read

A rattlesnake curled up on the ground

In the previous post, we discussed what humans and AI solutions are (not) good at and have learned the strengths and weaknesses of humans and modern AI solutions basically complement each other. We have also seen that software engineers often do not leverage their human strengths. Instead, they often position themselves in ways that places them in direct competition with the strengths of AI solutions.

ChatGPT already knows - Part 3

What humans and AI solutions are (not) good at

Uwe Friedrichsen

13 minute read

A seagull standing on a post

In the previous post, we discussed where we came from as an industry, where we currently are and what the job of a software engineer (should) comprise. We also saw that most software engineers only fulfill a small part of what the role actually comprises, leading to direct competition with modern AI solutions that most likely we will not win.