Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and Afterpay, is cutting its staff by 40%. The reason: “intelligence tools,” according to a letter to shareholders by co-founder Jack Dorsey.
Everyone can “code” today, but it takes a good developer to write good code still. And you need an analytical mind to formulate, check and reformulate the features you want. Basically, the stuff you learn later in your career. If companies get rid of the developers they don’t need anymore, I’m not sure where the ones they do need will come from in the future. Not from junior developers gaining experience and leveling their game.
Everyone can “code” today, but it takes a good developer to write good code still. And you need an analytical mind to formulate, check and reformulate the features you want. Basically, the stuff you learn later in your career. If companies get rid of the developers they don’t need anymore, I’m not sure where the ones they do need will come from in the future. Not from junior developers gaining experience and leveling their game.
It seems some companies are still keeping their pipelines going.
I wonder what they know that all the vibe-coding C-suite types in other companies don’t know?