> So I must ask, are ML folks actually qualified to know the future of software engineering?
Probably not CRUD apps typical to back office or website software, but don't forget that ML folks come from the stock of people that built Apollo, Mars Landers, etc. Scientific computing shares some significant overlap with SWE, and ML is a subset of that.
IMHO, the average SWE and ML person are different types when it comes to how they cargocult develop, but the top 10% show significant understanding and re speed across domains.
Probably not CRUD apps typical to back office or website software, but don't forget that ML folks come from the stock of people that built Apollo, Mars Landers, etc. Scientific computing shares some significant overlap with SWE, and ML is a subset of that.
IMHO, the average SWE and ML person are different types when it comes to how they cargocult develop, but the top 10% show significant understanding and re speed across domains.