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0 pointscoldtea7h ago0 comments

If you just like talking and some program comes out (aka "business problem solving") you might like it.

If you like coding (aka "problem solving"), it feels like crap.

And if you like still having an IT job in a couple of years, it feels like dangerous crap.

(Of course you can be hoping you'll be the one selected, out of millions laid off, to get to keep working on a higher level).

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hellohello27h ago

Perhaps its the apprehension/anxiety that makes it feel bad then? I like coding (building things) and couldn't care less about businesses, and am having a great time. In the current state of AI, mass layoffs probably won't happen. But I guess its a bit scary that we don't know how much more it will improve...

coldteaOP1h ago

>Perhaps its the apprehension/anxiety that makes it feel bad then?

It's a big part. But the erosion of what coding means is another big part for some.

>I like coding (building things) and couldn't care less about businesses

There are people who like coding, but they mean "building things" by it, and other who like coding and mean "coding" itself. The latter we aren't as pleased.

(I also like building things, but I like building them via coding, not thru vibing and getting them spit out).

jon-wood6h ago

> the current state of AI, mass layoffs probably won't happen.

I’m sorry, what? Have you been paying any attention at all to the state of the industry lately?

hellohello25h ago

I wasn't clear enough, I was replying to "you'll be the one selected, out of millions laid off," in context I meant "mass layoff" as in "95% of everyone is out of a job permanently".

alchemism6h ago

I’d probably let go of the employees who decline using agentic tools first, tbh. All things being equal.

claytongulick5h ago

And that's the problem.

The companies that agree with you will be at an interesting place when they have piles of AI slop code and no talented developers.

alchemism2h ago

I can’t say Claude Code is not a great product with solid market fit even though the code inside it is aesthetically garbage.

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