What parts of CS & SWE will be the most AI-resilient in terms of a business not being able to outsource that task to AI /u/PsychologicalRead515 CSCQ protests reddit

I know people say do not be scared, the AI-hype is fluff, etc. etc, but it would be truly naive to ignore the rapid progress these models are making. o3 is seriously impressive at face value, to ignore that is ignorant. Does that mean it will automatically replace a large portion of SWE roles? Maybe not. But we shouldn’t pretend it will have no effect at all.

If we assume these models will streamline the need for developer talent even marginally, which niches of SWE & CS would be the most resilient to these forces? I’ve been a junior only for about 6 months, but it seems to me these models still struggle on the infrastructure/cloud side, as the context window required is somehow too large and the model cannot successfully put all of the pieces together. Would I be correct then in suggesting that cloud/infra work is a niche worth focusing on to remain “AI-proof”? Any other suggestions?

I know people say do not be scared, the AI-hype is fluff, etc. etc, but it would be truly naive to ignore the rapid progress these models are making. o3 is seriously impressive at face value, to ignore that is ignorant. Does that mean it will automatically replace a large portion of SWE roles? Maybe not. But we shouldn’t pretend it will have no effect at all.

If we assume these models will streamline the need for developer talent even marginally, which niches of SWE & CS would be the most resilient to these forces? I’ve been a junior only for about 6 months, but it seems to me these models still struggle on the infrastructure/cloud side, as the context window required is somehow too large and the model cannot successfully put all of the pieces together. Would I be correct then in suggesting that cloud/infra work is a niche worth focusing on to remain “AI-proof”? Any other suggestions?