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A pretty standard cover of Country Roads... but, what was going on with that pizza at 2:43?
 
Having spent around 45 years as a mainframe guy, doing tech support and some coding, I will note that much of the code writing has moved offshore to cheaper places. Most of the coders I'd help out were working what for them were overnight shifts to match US daytime shifts. And when I retired my spot was moved to the other side of the world time zone wise too to cut costs. What I would recommend to all, particularly the younger folks, is to have a needs to be physically there option or two you'd want to do, just in case. If you don't have to physically be there todays tech means it could be done pretty much anywhere, and the corporate world is run by bean counters these days....
 
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Having spent around 45 years as a mainframe guy, doing tech support and some coding, I will note that much of the code writing has moved offshore to cheaper places. Most of the coders I'd help out were working what for them were overnight shifts to match US daytime shifts. And when I retired my spot was moved to the other side of the world time zone wise too to cut costs. What I would recommend to all, particularly the younger folks, is to have a needs to be physically there option or two you'd want to do, just in case. If you don't have to physically be there todays tech means it could be done pretty much anywhere, and the corporate world is run by bean counters these days....
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It has always been run by bean counters.
 
True, but bean counters years ago that tended to come up through the company and understood how things worked. Now the senior execs tend to be folks who come in for a few years, cuts costs without regard for possible future consequences, take their stock options and salaries and move on to the next opportunity. Had one chief information officer a few years ago that in a November suddenly cut 25% of the IT staff. Turned out we found out it allowed her to exceed her cost cutting target for the year and get an additional million in bonus money. Couple months into the new year, she was gone to a higher paying position on the west coast.
 
LOL, it she had a plate, she could have carried the wine at the same time.
 
Was just talking to an experienced S/W engineer…. He says that the simple software applications are easy for AI to do, but skilled software engineers/systems architects are required to carefully & correctly join the applications into a cohesive whole…

So…. Yes and no.

Software engineers need to adapt to changing technologies…

Rocky
 
One of the coolest experiences I've ever had was hearing 45,000 kids from around the globe all singing that song at various times during the 2019 World Scout Jamboree. I was part of the Aquatics / SCUBA diving staff. My son was a scout. It was held in West Virgina and that song could be heard everywhere. For approximately 2 weeks a community came together to create the largest "city" in the state - even bigger than the capital. And after 2 weeks, it disappeared. For me, it was the equivalent of going to the Olympics.
 
From a story in our "local" paper this morning:

Visa plugs payment network into ChatGPT, letting AI agents shop and pay for its users

By Barbara Ortutay and Ken Sweet
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Payments giant Visa said Wednesday that it has embedded its payment network inside of ChatGPT, empowering the chatbot to independently shop and complete transactions on behalf of its user.
It means AI agents can not only recommend products but complete the purchase on the user’s behalf, at potentially any merchant that accepts Visa. The payment network’s previous attempts at this technological leap were confined to a single retailer or a small set of enrolled merchants. ...

Would you let Visa go shopping for you?
 
And my next question would be, what would keep hackers from finding a way to tell AI to "buy" stuff and here's the address to send it to?? I'm very careful with credit and associated info to try to minimize crooks finding it and using it. In fact, I'm cash locally for most daily purchases, which young folks think is crazy since it's less "convenient" than just tapping with a card or phone.

But I'd never let AI decide what looks good to buy, particularly since it tends to fabricate it's own rules and reasoning.
 
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