The Final Abstraction

“Coding” was never the source of value, and people shouldn’t get overly attached to it. Problem solving is the core skill. The discipline and precision demanded by traditional programming will remain valuable transferable attributes, but they won’t be a barrier to entry. Many times over the years I have thought about a great programmer I knew that loved assembly language to the point of not wanting to move to C. I have to fight some similar feelings of my own around using existing massive codebases and inefficient languages, but I push through. I had somewhat resigned myself to the fact that I might be missing out on the “final abstraction”, where you realize that managing people is more powerful than any personal tool. I just don’t like it, and I can live with the limitations that puts on me. I suspect that I will enjoy managing AIs more, even if they wind up being better programmers than I am.

На скриншоте пост Джона Кармака о том, что программирование само по себе не является источником ценности, а главным навыком остаётся решение задач. Он с иронией называет управление людьми «финальной абстракцией» и предполагает, что ему больше понравится управлять ИИ, даже если те окажутся лучшими программистами. Мем используют как саркастическую реакцию на споры о менеджерах, разработчиках, абстракциях и будущем программирования. EN: The screenshot shows a post by John Carmack arguing that coding itself is not the source of value and that problem solving remains the core skill. He ironically calls managing people the “final abstraction” and suggests he may enjoy managing AIs more, even if they become better programmers. The meme is used as a sarcastic reaction to debates about managers, developers, abstraction, and the future of programming.

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