Comment by nbajka
1 hour ago
>Nobody wants to lay off an employee that is pleasant to be around, trustworthy, and good at what they do.
So if I hire a painter who is pleasant to be around, trustworthy, and good at what they do, I'm not going to "lay him off" the instant he's done painting my house?
That's how you view your employment? The same as hiring a painter? That is astonishing.
Some people view their job as having infinite things to do, and AI means they can work on more and different things.
Other people see their specific job as a series of tasks, and if AI does those they don't know what do anymore.
Guess who is going to stay employed?
I mean, if you're in a contract job, you're always to get laid off at the end of the job - that is the job. Very few of the software jobs in my world are like that
If someone is deliberately stretching out a job and making it an adversarial business relationship, when the business arrangment is that they complete the project then do another job somewhere else, then I would not expect that to be a very successful strategy, and also not really want to help them in any way beyond existing contractual obligations. You are basically guaranteeing a bad working relationship with every employer you ever have.
And it doesn't make sense because this is not a strategy that's rational for someone who enjoys their work or is good at their job anyway - if that describes you, then your existing employer is probably one of if not the best advocate you have, and your best strategy would be to either switch careers or progress to a point you don't feel precarious
That's why I say you are really hurting yourself more than you know. You are guaranteeing an at-best "every boss dislikes me and my career goal is not getting fired" outcome and (idk about your actual employer) damaging relationships you really probably need (if this is your mindset)