ChatGPT (AI)

Obviously writing sql is nothing compared to what you do, @SharkyUK & while I can code in 5 languages, it's nothing compared to what you're capable of, but one thing they share is the intamacy of it all.

I've got BI dashboard that were a lift and shift of someone else's work, i have absolutely no idea about what they're doing under the hood in the ETL process, because I didn't build it, I didn't learn the intricacies of it, the relationships in the data models etc.
This for me is akin to people relationship with an AI models output.

The stuff I've built personally, I know literally everything about it, you have a question about the data pertained, I know it, you want to add something, I can confirm it's viability instantaneously. I've live and breathed it & handled the data inconsistencies.

I'm not entirely sure how I've still got a job really, I'm the exact thing it should be replacing, but it hasn't, yet, I'm sure it's inevitable - but it does feel that ill either become the person checking it's output and/or it swings to cost ineffective in token usage before I'm replaced.

I don't feel theres a similar job out there for me when I look, so if I'm replaced, I feel I'm going to be a in a similar boat to you. It's why I learned to drive a HGV but I don't really want to do that.

I wish I could offer some advice or reassurance, but it's bleak out there for any level of IT development. I wish you all the best and hope something comes up soon.

Oggy997 said:

Obviously writing sql is nothing compared to what you do, @SharkyUK & while I can code in 5 languages, it's nothing compared to what you're capable of, but one thing they share is the intamacy of it all.

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Don't say that or devalue yourself mate - you're every bit as capable; we just work in different circles! Thanks for the kind words, all the best!

SharkyUK said:

This makes me really sad, very uncomfortable, and soon to be homeless and selling my cars. 11 years ago, starting my own software development business was the best thing I'd done. And now 40 years of trying to perfect my craft and I'm dismissed as a fraud for overcharging customers and clients over all these years because folks can now do this stuff without having to know how it actually works. I get it, and good on you for using it. But some of us are royally f**ked right now. I'm not sure where I go at the moment if I'm honest. Desperate times.

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A genuine question, can you pivot to running AI’s to generate your outputs and you are the QC / one that sets strategy etc?

I know it’s not ideal, but my designer friend does this now. He runs multiple tasks though ai, optimises his prompt usage (and token numbers) and basically treats it like a workforce to be managed.

Sorry, posted that before I saw all the others asking the same thing. Ignore me! No need to respond as you have done so already.

Someone blatantly used copilot to write a bunch of code which they don’t understand and now they’re fucked because copilot can’t fix it.

Funny that, and just after they announced a 60,000 employee voluntary redundancy scheme.

This is probably one of the best uses of AI I’ve seen lol