Comment by bstrama
3 days ago
As for me I feel the AI fear. Just a few months ago, narrative that AI won't replace programmers, made a lot of sense, and still somewhat does.
But after spending a few weeks totally vibe coding my new project, which is technically advanced, which for sure would be very hard to do on my own, I felt the pressure of what happens in the future with my career.
The only thing keeping me sane is hope, that even if AI takes SE jobs, it makes us a potentially strong founder candidates, we know how to code, how the good architecture should look like and have amazing tool, to iterate very quickly. Although the fact that rapid development is not enough to succeed is another thing.
If we are replaced, it means that a lot of other white collar occupations will also face replacement.
But, we are responsible for a disproportional parcel of the aggregate demand and also, the white collar middle class holds a giant share of all credit.
Put all these people out of a job, and you'll end up with the mother of all economic depressions ever.
Either the powers-that-be find a solution (like return to office was arguably a response to a potential office real estate value crisis) or something else will happen (communism? butlerian jihad?).
Given that all of this is completely out our control, we need to concentrate in what we can control:
1) Save money.
2) Cut expenses.
3) Stay ahead of the curve by learning fanatically.
4) Stay fit and healthy.
5) Don't get emotionally invested in every bit of news you see. Everyone got an agenda, everyone has bias, everyone commit mistakes.
> Put all these people out of a job, and you'll end up with the mother of all economic depressions ever.
> Either the powers-that-be find a solution ...
I don't personally feel very optimistic that they are actually trying to find a solution