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I am a third year Software Engineering Student, is it still worth it to build projects from scratch or should I just use AI (claude, chatGPT, lovable, etc.) to build them for me? I have built plenty of Projects from scratch, trying to learn the ins and outs of languages and frameworks, but it seems like everyone and their mother uses AI to just build stuff for them. So is it still worth it to learn or should I just become a prompt engineer?
1. krapp ◴[] No.45618077[source]
I think that's a question you can only answer for yourself, but if you're talking about skills relative to employment, you probably have no choice but to learn to use AI. I don't think "software engineering" as a skill will even exist in ten years, and not knowing how to use AI will be like not knowing how to use email or the internet, it will just be one of those constants in technological society you have to understand.

That shouldn't stop you from learning or writing your own stuff, though, if only for personal enjoyment and education. Just understand those skills might not be worth what you expect to the marketplace.