> “Yes, AI can generate the code for this assignment. Don’t let it. You have to write the code.”
I wrestle with this: In what world will _anyone_ suffer what we suffered by coding manually, reading docs, and posting in forums to learn when there's a magic "do it" button?
I don't think it's realistic that a 19 year old kid is going to troubleshoot some horrendous SQL query for 3 hours to figure out what's wrong when an AI can fix it in 3 seconds.
I don't know what the answer is tbh. Perhaps software engineering just "ends" with this latest batch of people. It's a game of chicken: can ai get good enough before the final wave of devs dies.
Yeah I've always said that the main skill needed to be a software developer is frustration tolerance. Personally I'm very glad to see so much of the ridiculous crap we put up with just disappear.
I don't think college is "suffering" for everyone. In fact, for many, it's a very enjoyable challenge and experience.