Evolution of a software developer

Hacker News only seems to acknowledge the following path in the evolution of a developer:

1) Young self: "I'm a fucking genius and I'm writing this code as proof of my brilliance."
2) 10 years later, discovering the code: "What a retard. Fuck off. Better approach."

I don't recall seeing the ultimate realization, 20 years later.

3) 20 years later, discovering the code that's addressing the same problem: "Trying to solve it quick ... nope, not working... how bout trying to understand that code I wrote 20 years ago... FUCKING. BRILLIANT."

 

Actually..

20 years later: how can I avoid writing code.

 

I thought this was gonna be me at one point but for sure this is the journey.

 

As a kid wants to write video games
Programs at home as a hobby
Studies Computing at College
Enters corporate world, earns decent coin, but and quickly becomes disillusioned
But now has money to open a brokerage account
Tries discretionary trading
Tries automated trading

Or more likely these days, doesn't bother to attempt trading, just HODLs Crypto instead.

 

First Episode : The Dunning Kruger
Second Episode : Realisation
When you find out that programmer as a profession is being disrupted by the A.I

 

Programming has barely been disrupted by programmers.

 

Do you think that there's a trend/movement towards that dirrection ?

I have no clue at all, all i heard was talks from CEO's.

 

Programmers .... need to be reprogrammed.

 

There is a desire for that to be the case because CEOs are tired of paying programmers C executive level pay, but I haven't seen anything yet.