I can't think of any other profession where people are actively working to put themselves out of work by automating their job. IT workers need a world union.
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Are IT developers the stupidest people on earth ?
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Are IT developers the stupidest people on earth ?
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Originally posted by europetractor View Postby automating their job.Comment
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At least they'll always need people to bleed radiators, that's my backup plan once a robot is as capable of developing and supporting compnles enterprise apps as well as meComment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostAre you an IT developer?Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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And there's me wondering about automating jobs away from Operations.
Any developer worried about their job should pull their finger out of their arse and start retraining."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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Absolutely. The smart ones are still coding in machine language, banging hex codes onto a floppy disk using an MS-DOS sector editor.You're awesome! Get yourself a t-shirt.Comment
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Originally posted by squarepeg View PostAbsolutely. The smart ones are still coding in machine language, banging hex codes onto a floppy disk using an MS-DOS sector editor.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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What about people who work in factories assembling robots designed to work in factories assembling robots?Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostIf the computer industry is good at one thing it's finding new ways to reinvent old stuff. It won't be long before we're again coding in machine language and banging hex codes onto a floppy disk using an MS-DOS sector editor, except it'll have a trendy new name and everybody under 30 will think it's a revolutionary approach to developing software.
A career of the future - robot programmer . Used to do this once, manufacturing robots though. I'd love to get me hands on some of the google boston dynamics stuff. I reckon I could develop a terminator.......du du, du du, du du, du, dhuComment
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