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On 8/19/2024 7:56 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Aug 2024 20:50:54 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> You knowing nothing about programming are probably mystified.
> 
> I hate to disappoint you, but I know very little about programming.  I
> can do some programming when necessary but prefer to have someone else
> do my programming.  I also don't mix socially with programmers.
> Despite these limitations, I've been successfully self-employed as a
> computer consultant and computer repairman for 36 years (1984 to
> 2020):
> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-liebermann-151823/details/experience/>
> While knowing how to program can be useful, it's not a requirement for
> knowing how to configure a Facebook account, knowing how to login,
> being able to type your email address or login name correctly, and fix
> various Windoze software related problems.

You made a slight error there, it should read "fix _your_
various Windoze software related problems."

> 
> My knowing very little about programming was not an accident or the
> result of a head injury.  

Same here

> It was an intentional decision that I had to
> reluctantly make when I moved to Silicon Valley.

Nothing reluctant about it for me. I'm reminded of that every time I get 
dragged into a SW design review (required since I'm responsible for 
Functional Safety compliance).


> At the time (1973 ?)
> the pundits and experts were proclaiming that an engineer, who didn't
> immediately learn how to program, would soon become obsolete and
> unemployable.  I realized that there was not enough time to
> simultaneously stay up to date on RF (radio frequency) design and
> learn how to program.  Since the herd was stampeding in the direction
> of programming, I decided that concentrating on RF design was a better
> choice.  There were times when I regretted that decision, but over the
> years, it has worked quite well for me.  Predictably, most of the
> analog and RF engineers I know can also program, but few of the
> programmers I've met can do anything useful with RF design. Meanwhile,
> the same programmers are complaining that their jobs are being
> outsourced to less expensive overseas sweat shops.  In the future,
> programming might be performed by AI's.

The future is now

https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/29/mistral-releases-its-first-generative-ai-model-for-code/

> 
> 
> 

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