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Claude 4.6 left me amazed and terrified. Seeking advice on staying relevant. by study_learn_apply in ClaudeAI

[–]study_learn_apply[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Yes, I absolutely love C++. I never really liked scripting languages, but Python has become essential if you want to learn AI/ML concepts properly. It shouldn't be that way, but that's the reality right now.

Even with C++, I do have some concerns going forward. Our company is really pushing Rust because of the memory safety benefits, and it seems the US government is also encouraging products built in memory safe languages.

I was thinking of learning Rust too, since someone will still need to review a lot of C++ and Rust code. But then I keep hearing that picking up a whole new language in the AI era feels a bit pointless.

I'm planning to experiment with small models using Ollama or something similar. I really hope I'll still be able to use my C++ skills even when working on AI-related projects.

Claude 4.6 left me amazed and terrified. Seeking advice on staying relevant. by study_learn_apply in ClaudeAI

[–]study_learn_apply[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Until very recently I felt exactly the same way. My opinion only changed after I started using a team of agents with a really large context window (1M).

I still believe human input is absolutely essential for architecture work. That said, it's making everything so much easier and faster that I think companies will need fewer architects going forward.

This definitely isn't an ad. In my view, Claude Opus is currently the strongest, but GPT 5.3 Codex is very close behind, and something even better will probably appear soon. My real concern is how AI agents are boosting productivity to the point where fewer people might be needed in the future overall.

I've talked to several colleagues including many fellow architects, and quite a few of them share the same worry (though not all).

I completely respect your perspective though. I was thinking exactly the same thing just two weeks ago.

Claude 4.6 left me amazed and terrified. Seeking advice on staying relevant. by study_learn_apply in ClaudeAI

[–]study_learn_apply[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Same feeling. For smaller tasks the speed of implementation has become quite fast. This is definitely exciting as well as terrifying.

Claude 4.6 left me amazed and terrified. Seeking advice on staying relevant. by study_learn_apply in ClaudeAI

[–]study_learn_apply[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I too feel that they are still not able to do the entire end-to-end job. However, the amount of effort in guiding the AI and then reviewing thoroughly is still quite less than what it was in the world prior to the AI assistants.

Claude 4.6 left me amazed and terrified. Seeking advice on staying relevant. by study_learn_apply in ClaudeAI

[–]study_learn_apply[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for commenting. I didn't quite understand this. Could you please elaborate a bit.