Will AI Replace Mid-Level Software Engineers?

No, I don’t think we’re there yet. However, mid-level software engineers should take this as a warning and use it as motivation to learn and adapt. Check out my advice.

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I came across this Reddit post: “Mark Zuckerberg believes in 2025, Meta will probably have a mid-level engineer AI that can write code, and over time it will replace people engineers”, links to this video.

“Probably in 2025, we are Meta as well as the other companies that are basically working on this, are going to have an AI that can effectively be a sort of mid-level engineer that you have in your company that can write code. “ — Mark Zuckerburg.

I think Mark Zuckerberg is exaggerating/overly optimistic about this. Here, I offer some thoughts and alternative perspectives.

Table of Contents:
· 1. Why Mid-Level? Not Senior or Junior?
· 2. Why do I think “AI…