Computer Programmers

70% (High Risk)

High Risk (61-80%): Jobs in this category face a significant threat from automation, as many of their tasks can be easily automated using current or near-future technologies.

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Wages

Very high paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Computer Programmers' was $99,700, or $47 per hour

'Computer Programmers' were paid 107.4% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

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Somone (Moderate) 7 days ago

This job could be revamped/transformed but i don't think AI will take over completely because AI isn't good at randomness and complex thinking/problem solving so i think AI will be a tool that will assist coders, engineers, etc not take over completely.

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random idiot (No chance) 9 days ago

Don't Computer programmers code AI...

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Distragin (Low) 11 days ago

The amount of Ai copying from one another is insane if one Ai makes a mistake it could be devastating to other AI informational sources. This is why coding and programming are minimal risk, AI is most likely just gonna copy each other leading to inefficient mayhem!

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Guilherme (Low) 18 days ago

Because client's need change and language models can't pick up nuances 100% of the time there will always be a place for programers. But the kind of tasks they perform might change.

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darkmewtwo (Low) 1 month ago

Ask an ai to simplify code. It will not work

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Wes (No chance) 1 month ago

You still need someone to understand every line of code the AI produces. Although AI is decent at programming now, I am certain that we will always need a human to write code to some degree.

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` (Uncertain) 2 months ago

I think that while there is a high chance that AI will be used to automate the creation of basic code, AI will always make mistakes that have to be corrected by humans who know what they're doing, and I don't think AI will replace programmers in the next ~20 years because of the need for complex and intricate code used in projects such as game engines.

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Guy (Highly likely) 2 months ago

Already starting, automation has begun being used for coding in many places.

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Adrian 16 days ago

Agreed. AI will continue to grow, and it learns faster than any human could. The only type of software development postions I see staying is the creation of new languages. However, these jobs will be very few and require an insanely high level of education and years of experience. Heck, these jobs are offshored right now.

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Luke 1 month ago

Often incorrect and needs fixing though, at least from my experience.

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Caro (Low) 3 months ago

There will probably be many bugs (Like how Ai has trouble with fingers), so no matter what, the job will be necessary.

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Aiden (Moderate) 3 months ago

bc like it might but prob not and like it will always be important to have human programmers because if ai ever become sentient and gain their own objectives, they will have all the power in the world if they're the only ones that know how to run our code and stuff like that so yea it would be dangerous to give that much power away to them

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Mistral Claude 5 months ago

Here is the thing my dudes. As professional programer (30 years on the job, so of that thing even replaces out job, I will surely be retired already anyway) I tried chatgpt, copilot, Claude and even Mistral for coding. They are all pretty darn helpful to code on nephew level...you know, that terrible code we got from a 3rd party to maintain? Yeah. It goes great on that level. It's also great to do start level stuff that has been done 1000s of times. Try doing something new though, or some actual logic, and they fail, always. And never even realize they are failing. The reason is pretty simple. what we have (the llms) are not real AIs. When (if) we have a real AI, then, the moment a computer can replicate human level programming, is also the moment the computer can code another AI doesn't it? What would happen if it can code a AI better than itself?

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Jose 3 months ago

Some of the best programmers in the world are working daily to help improve ChatGTP and other models. The capabilities are quickly increasing and given some time they will be better than most programmers. So yes some very good programmers will have a job, but most will not be needed. You wrote the comment 2 months ago, there is now a new model which you thought was not possible 2 months ago. What will happen in another 2 months, or 2 years?

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Ritchie Duncan (Highly likely) 5 months ago

AI suites such as ChatGPT etc have the ability to code functions in a variety of languages and for various platforms. A simple description of the function to be created, along with the system, such as Visual Studio, Unity etc allows the code to be copied and pasted into the code base.
Arguably within the next 10 years, programmers, in the form we know them now, will be obsolete.

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Socks 5 months ago

Until AI programs can always fix everything in e.g. app that is being made as well as in themselves they will be just a tool for already competent programmer that has to understand most details anyway.

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s (Low) 5 months ago

it wouldn't be completely automated, but a lot of lower level - intermediate programming will probably be automated.

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I know jobs (Moderate) 5 months ago

It is pretty easy to program but a computer can´t code a computer

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Anonymous (Low) 6 months ago

Their code is efficient but they can’t replicate originality

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John (Highly likely) 6 months ago

I've never programmed a day in my life but not only was I able to program a working game but also a point of sales program for a business by telling AI exactly what I needed and it made changes to each program...

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skibidi (Highly likely) 6 months ago

AI can already write code pretty well, so in 20 years it's highly likely it will be automated

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Anon (Moderate) 6 months ago

There's a lot of coding done by AI already. Eventually, there will be a job that just runs these AIs who write code.

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ooga 6 months ago

Small chance that they'll take over our jobs, computers can't really figure out basic principles of codes, let alone thousands of lines of code (I tried this, didn't work)

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mgyt (Uncertain) 6 months ago

Because AI's are being overtrained. If you try to make an entire program only using AI, you just can't. And they will have a lot of vulnerabilities

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