Do you think software engineers will stop writing code?
Replied byJeetu Patel
President & Chief Product Officer at Cisco Systems
Niche: Technology
Revenue: Approximately $4.5 Billion USD/month
Location: San Jose, California, USA
Started: 1984
Their work will change significantly. Engineers will spend less time manually writing code and more time reviewing, validating, designing architectures, and helping customers succeed. Product intuition and decision-making will become more valuable than typing code itself.
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