It was less than 5 years ago.

I agree that most devs probably aren’t senseless coders. But some are.

I guess that’s a fair point. Except that I was a developer as well. So I know exactly what they’re building because I could build it myself if I had their role.

That’s probably not how it is for most POs. But in my case it is.

I don’t what kind of devs you have. But mine don’t really solve business problems. I solve them, and they build what I tell them to.

Maybe. Tbh we’re all fucked if AI becomes that good at our jobs.

Or maybe you’re right, you might need one person who works directly with the AI. But in that case you’ve taken an entire dev team of 4-6 engineers and replaced it with one AI liaison.

That’s what the product owner does.

But the code writing can probably be automated. So the dev won’t have anything to do.

For example, I am a product owner. Right now I tell my devs what I want them to build, and I communicate that to them in the form of User Stories.

But what if I can just give my User Stories to ChatXPT and it produces the final product? Then I don’t need devs at all.

You can already use chat AIs to generate small code snippets. It’s just a matter of time until it can generate a full product based on a few specs that we give it.

Project management is mostly communication and client/stakeholder relationships. A lot of their job already automated.

Same with UX design. A lot of it already is automated. But a good UX designer works with clients/stakeholders to really understand their needs and translate their business objectives into a quality product.

I could see both of those becoming somewhat obsolete.

But there are so many other roles in tech that don’t require coding that wouldn’t be as simple. Project managers, product owners, and user experience designers to name a few.

I drove to Harrisburg and got one same day.

Nazareth

Saucon Valley

Wilson

There are several great school districts around here. Naz and Saucon Valley, for example.

Pam & Jim

Wait. That’s in Lehigh County? How the hell have I never heard of this????

Wow. Where is that?

Clear case of “I don’t like what the polls are saying, so they must be wrong!”

That’s the best thing about PA as far as I’m concerned. This extends to politics as well, which I like.

Living in an echo chamber isn’t good for society. It’s great that half of my friends are Trumptacular and the other half are rainbow emblazoned “allies”.

I don’t think other states offer such diversity of thinking in close proximity. My best friend is a devout Obama Bro, but his wife has a Trump tattoo. It sounds wild, but it totally works.

So the gravy is kraut flavored?

The pork is cooked separately from the kraut?

Is that gravy on the pork, or apple butter or something?

I know Jordan Serulneck, and drink at Seven Sirens often. Weird seeing him quoted like this.

Holy shit. I was afraid this would never be solved.

No it doesn’t. Competition for workers has driven wages way higher. It’s a totally irrelevant number because no one is actually paying that or making that.

This is a non-issue. Nobody is only getting paid minimum wage. Even McDonald’s in Shamokin is paying $15/hr to start.

Check this out:

> Wage Distribution of All Hourly Workers

>• In 2021, there were an estimated 63,800 Pennsylvania workers earning minimum wage or less. This is the lowest number of at or below minimum wage workers on record in this annual report series. It is 10,600 (14.2 percent) lower than the previous low of 2020 when it was 74,400. Workers earning minimum wage or less represented 2.0 percent of all hourly workers and 1.1 percent of all workers.

>• From 2020 to 2021, Pennsylvania’s hourly employment increased by 91,300 (+2.9 percent), while Pennsylvania’s overall employment increased by 26,200 (+0.4 percent). U.S. hourly employment increased by 2,807,000 (+3.8 percent), while the nation’s overall employment increased by 4,778,000 (+3.2 percent). The proportion of all workers receiving hourly rates in 2021 increased slightly in both Pennsylvania and the nation from 2020. In 2021, the percentage of the employed earning hourly rates was higher in Pennsylvania (55 percent) than in the U.S. overall (50 percent).

>• In 2021, there were an estimated 586,000 Pennsylvania workers earning near minimum wage ($7.26-$12.00). This was 107,100 (-15.4 percent) lower than in 2020 when it was 693,100.

>• Labor markets in the U.S. and Pennsylvania continued rebounding in both employment and wages from the pandemic-induced recession. The increase in employment and hourly workers was concentrated in higher wage workers which contributed to both the absolute and relative changes in the wage distribution. The volumes and proportions of hourly workers in the lower wage categories fell, while increasing for those above $12.00 an hour. The median wage in Pennsylvania increased from $16.50 in 2020 to $17.00 in 2021, while it rose from $16.32 to $17.00 in the nation.

>• Pennsylvania had a higher percentage (2.0 percent) of workers at or below the federal minimum wage of $7.25 than the nation (1.4 percent). About six out of every 10 wage earners in both Pennsylvania and the U.S. were in the highest wage category (of above $15.00). Pennsylvania’s share of wage earners in this category rose by 2.1 percentage points to 59.0 percent, while the nation’s percentage rose 3.9 percentage points to 60.0 percent.

Forgot about Dana. Perfect example.