Comment by apsurd

yes it makes sense that it's AI all the way down, but also the "why not just…" answer is because it's exhausting.

Being reduced to an inconsequential middle manager is more exhausting than being reduced to a code monkey is the hot insight i've been hanging my hat on.

To be clear: This is really horrible in an IC for the paycheck role. I quit my job on principle because of code/token maxing. Very few are in the place to do this. I've been enjoying AI as an independent, but i still mean to fight the good fight for every line engineer.