Proton's CTO wrote a manifesto for the AI coding age. It struck a nerve with engineers.
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Proton's CTO wrote a manifesto about how software engineering jobs have "fundamentally changed." Techies online said that he was dead on.
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Proton CTO Bart Butler's "manifesto" had techies online debating the new age of AI.Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesProton's CTO wrote a manifesto about how software engineering jobs have "fundamentally changed." Many techies online said that he was dead on."The time for mourning coding is long over," one SpaceX engineer wrote.There's a sweeping "manifesto" that's making the rounds with software engineers — and many say it's dead on.Proton CTO Bart Butler wrote a three-page sermon on the state of coding, as reported by 404 Media. The memo explains that the role of the engineer is no longer what it once was, and the company must adapt to the state of AI."Your job has fundamentally changed," the memo reads. "It is no longer to write code, and LLMs are not here to help you write better code faster. Your job is to help the LLM write better code faster."Proton did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, but previously told 404 Media that "we have sometimes been…