I know I'm always erring much more on the side of optimism in general but that doesn't totally much up with what I see. Sent you a few screenshots just from Indeed which I consider to be the dregs when it comes to job sites and lot of the PHP jobs are in the realm of 60k. Personally I'd respectfully disagree with you on this one, you know I think AI is not just overblown but also may not ever reach AGI and recent studies are showing it's code quality is actually getting worse as it starts to train on it's own circular output. I may well end up looking like one of those people that thought the internet wouldn't have any value, but I don't think LLMs are much more threatening than search engines even over the next 5 to 10 years, I certinally think they are less threatening to programmers than no-code apps even though they all still suck for making anything actually good and you are stuck with complete vendor lock-in. When it comes to Agile though, I couldn't agree with you more. Ritualistic snakeoil nonsense that I hope we'll see the back of one day.
Thank you, my friend. I hope you are right and I am wrong. I really do. EDIT: With regards to Agile, the people who will be most vocal against Agile are going to be those business owners who got duped into paying fortunes for that. In previous years, I've been treated like a leper for saying such outrageous things. This year feels different. People are emerging who have the same opinion (yourself being one of them!). There's definitely a sense of change in the air.
Well the funny thing is, I make decisions as if everything you're saying is absolutely correct so I certinally see it as one of the possible options and you may as well be prepared for the worst even when you expect the best@@davidconnelly
AI is disrupting all skills markets I think due to a combination of 2 oposites. Decision makers often are not the ones doing the work and may have a perception of work being replaced by AI. Time will likey show the smart money that this is not practical. A second factor is in my thinking a new way of programming and driving tech requiring AI prompting and co-AI-working becoming necessary almost instantly, without giving anyone the time to adapt. I think as ppl adapt and become AI-co-workiers and the realisations that ppl cannot truly be replaced by AIs the may be a leveling out. Or I'm completley wrong and Skynet will become self aware in 2025 I hope not
My Brother, it is so good than you have a value to say the true, when to long in time i hope to others to say the same but does they not saying for fear, thaks you very much for you're sincerely
If somebody can do that and it makes them feel good then fine. Personally speaking, I have tried to be the guy who hops from one thing to another but it's very difficult.
@@davidconnelly I couldn't agree more! To be honest, I really don't know if there are languages compelling enough to replace PHP as the king of the web. I have yet to find a stack that could completely replace PHP. Believe me, I've tried ROR, Django, MERN, and all of these new shiny JavaScript frameworks, but I still find myself going back to PHP. It's easy to deploy and flexible enough for most web applications. I mean, if business owners are just creating a bunch of CRUD applications like they normally do 99% of the time, I'd say they should just stick with PHP. It's going to save them from breaking the bank.
I choose not to belive your prediction. Some arguments are spot on (middle management, agile). I suggest you stick with your idea of stability and security. I believe that will produce good outcomes.
first time seeing you
happy to have listened to your point of view
thanks
I know I'm always erring much more on the side of optimism in general but that doesn't totally much up with what I see. Sent you a few screenshots just from Indeed which I consider to be the dregs when it comes to job sites and lot of the PHP jobs are in the realm of 60k.
Personally I'd respectfully disagree with you on this one, you know I think AI is not just overblown but also may not ever reach AGI and recent studies are showing it's code quality is actually getting worse as it starts to train on it's own circular output. I may well end up looking like one of those people that thought the internet wouldn't have any value, but I don't think LLMs are much more threatening than search engines even over the next 5 to 10 years, I certinally think they are less threatening to programmers than no-code apps even though they all still suck for making anything actually good and you are stuck with complete vendor lock-in.
When it comes to Agile though, I couldn't agree with you more. Ritualistic snakeoil nonsense that I hope we'll see the back of one day.
Thank you, my friend. I hope you are right and I am wrong. I really do. EDIT: With regards to Agile, the people who will be most vocal against Agile are going to be those business owners who got duped into paying fortunes for that. In previous years, I've been treated like a leper for saying such outrageous things. This year feels different. People are emerging who have the same opinion (yourself being one of them!). There's definitely a sense of change in the air.
Well the funny thing is, I make decisions as if everything you're saying is absolutely correct so I certinally see it as one of the possible options and you may as well be prepared for the worst even when you expect the best@@davidconnelly
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@@davidconnellyI was looking at a 6 month PHP contract for £70k the other day. In London tho so... 🤷
...so you don't understand averages.
AI is disrupting all skills markets I think due to a combination of 2 oposites. Decision makers often are not the ones doing the work and may have a perception of work being replaced by AI. Time will likey show the smart money that this is not practical. A second factor is in my thinking a new way of programming and driving tech requiring AI prompting and co-AI-working becoming necessary almost instantly, without giving anyone the time to adapt. I think as ppl adapt and become AI-co-workiers and the realisations that ppl cannot truly be replaced by AIs the may be a leveling out.
Or I'm completley wrong and Skynet will become self aware in 2025
I hope not
My Brother, it is so good than you have a value to say the true, when to long in time i hope to others to say the same but does they not saying for fear, thaks you very much for you're sincerely
A pretty grim message, I can see me being an Amazon delivery driver before to long :(
Great content David! Do you think it's a good idea to switch to Python as early as now? 😅
If somebody can do that and it makes them feel good then fine. Personally speaking, I have tried to be the guy who hops from one thing to another but it's very difficult.
@@davidconnelly I couldn't agree more! To be honest, I really don't know if there are languages compelling enough to replace PHP as the king of the web. I have yet to find a stack that could completely replace PHP. Believe me, I've tried ROR, Django, MERN, and all of these new shiny JavaScript frameworks, but I still find myself going back to PHP. It's easy to deploy and flexible enough for most web applications. I mean, if business owners are just creating a bunch of CRUD applications like they normally do 99% of the time, I'd say they should just stick with PHP. It's going to save them from breaking the bank.
I choose not to belive your prediction. Some arguments are spot on (middle management, agile). I suggest you stick with your idea of stability and security. I believe that will produce good outcomes.
We shall see
Just as I finished watching this video, a Wix advertisement started playing 😑. Great video DC, thanks.
Hahaha! If I don't laugh I'll cry. Hail Clichte!
I can't stand the Wix commercials, they're everywhere. It's like the dialog was written by chatGPT.
Ai taking highly paid jobs and leaving us with minimum wage jobs was not the future I had envisioned but here we are lol
It's probably the most depressing video I've ever posted. I hope I haven't ruined your day too much. Hail Bob.