u/Direct_Quail45

Hello,

I'm a fresher and I was just recently hired in a small company. Coded in python a bit 5 years ago. One of my boss has put me in Automation work with python (to compare excel sheets) and I'm ENTIRELY depending on Codex for all work. I write absolutely zero line of code. Just prompt and all my work is done by it. I'm learning absolutely NOTHING even in slightest. And this makes me worried. I must meet deadlines and i don't have enough time to learn it by myself using stack overflow and trial error. This is making me worried — that I'm just becoming a prompt guy and not actual developer/engineer. I want to stop depending on Codex but I can't because they ask me to complete stuff as quick as possible

I wanted to ask — is it common with most developers these days to just depend on Codex when coding something and barely depend on raw coding?

Hello,

I was recently hired as an Application Security Engineer at a company. They liked my resume and hired me directly for the cybersecurity role.

The problem is that I’m the only cybersecurity person here. There’s no senior security engineer, no mentor, and no established security team. I’m also a fresher, so I expected at least some guidance or structured learning. When I asked my manager for direction, the response was basically: “Research it and figure it out on your own.”

They assigned me their applications to pentest, but surprisingly, I’m not finding any major vulnerabilities. Since they expect detailed reports from me, I’ve started stretching minor observations into reportable issues just so it looks like I’m contributing something meaningful.

The company also has a limited number of apps and services. Once I finish reviewing them, I honestly don’t know what work will even remain for me.

Right now, I already spend a lot of time with nothing substantial to do. Sometimes I’m just sitting at my desk staring at the screen so it looks like I’m busy. They even joked about it once.

What scares me is that I feel like I’m neither learning nor growing technically. I’m worried about a few possible outcomes:

1. I keep pretending until I eventually “become” experienced — getting paid and collecting years of experience, but without actually developing strong skills. Then someday I leave and struggle badly in another company because I never truly learned enough.

2. The company eventually realizes they don’t really need me or expects more than I can provide, and I get laid off.

3. I become stuck in a comfort zone where I’m employed but professionally stagnant.

At one point, I even asked for more work because I genuinely wanted to contribute. Since they didn’t have security-related tasks available, they ended up giving me work like comparing Excel sheets and automating the comparison process.

I am honestly worried if this situation is a long-term career risk