Understanding how a modern CPU executes code is a few months of work, not a four-year degree, and it should be ordinary equipment for a software engineer.

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• Source code in any language tells you nothing about what the CPU is actually asked to do; only the compiler's assembly output does, and reading it is a skill every serious programmer should have. CMCasey Muratori26 Aug 2026
• You can teach somebody to be a really good AI developer in a few months, but you cannot teach them a computer science degree in three — so hire for the fundamentals. DHDex Horthy15 Jul 2026
• It will take a generation for new software to replace old software, and people will still be employed writing code in 10 years. TBThorsten Ball19 Sept 2026
• The current ease of building software with AI will be seen as normal and commonplace within 12 to 24 months, though few realize it yet. TYTynan15 Jul 2026
• AI coding assistance now lets a programmer complete in a day work that used to take weeks. CWChris Wellons26 Apr 2026

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