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Hi. I have 4 yrs of experiences in software development, which I think is not much for my age. The AI worries me, it has already taken the best part of my job away (algoritmic thinking and coding (meaning typing) - I like the coding itself, I find it soothing). I have been a mechanical engineer before for a couple of years. Before that I've done all sorts of jobs. Late bloomer I guess. I don't have much free time out of work, so I am in no position to learn or try all the latest sw advancements. We are pretty free at work though, so I try to learn things there as I go.

I am worried that the AI will replace me and that I will be left on the job market with nothing to offer that the AI can't do better and faster. I am becoming anxious over it, going to sleep later than I would like. It is starting to occupy my mind. What if all my fears come true?

Hi. I have 4 yrs of experiences in software development, which I think is not much for my age. The AI worries me, it has already taken the best part of my job away (algoritmic thinking and coding (meaning typing) - I like the coding itself, I find it soothing). I have been a mechanical engineer before for a couple of years. Before that I've done all sorts of jobs. Late bloomer I guess. I don't have much free time out of work, so I am in no position to learn or try all the latest sw advancements. We are pretty free at work though, so I try to learn things there as I go.

I am worried that the AI will replace me and that I will be left on the job market with nothing to offer that the AI can't do better and faster. I am becoming anxious over it, going to sleep later than I would like. It is starting to occupy my mind. What if all my fears come true?

Hi. I have 4 yrs of experiences in sw development, mostly C# and sql. I am good at logic and very exact. Very few bugs have slipped through my fingers and I sometimes have to work directly on production (please don't start a discussion on this). But I am almost 40. The AI worries me, it has already taken the best part of the job away (algoritmic thinking and coding - I like the coding itself, I find it soothing). I have been a mechanical engineer before for a couple of years. Before that I've done all sorts of jobs. Late bloomer I guess. I don't have much free time out of work, so I am in no position to learn or try all the latest sw advantments. We are pretty free at work though, so I try to learn things there as I go. What do you think?

Just me venting I guess

I've used a version of this text (made by me) as a comment to some other post on this sub. But it feels good when I read it so I would like to share it with more people.

I am a programmer and software (SW) developer, field where AI is making a huge impact. I am worried. And angry.

*When I speak of us, it is us SW developers*

Here is what I think about AI, especially in the SW field, with the help of this allegory.

An owner of a gallery wants their gallery full of paintings. Beautiful intricate paintings positioned on the just right spots on the walls. They have no idea how to do it so they hire a company to do it for them. It used to be that the company had people painting all those paintings, and all those little hidden bugs in the painted meadows as well. And there was always somebody whose job and maybe even an interest was solely where and how to position these paintings. The art preparator I think they are called.

Now the painters are getting obsolete and all that really matters is those who put up the paintings. And some among us still want to tell us that nothing is really lost. That painting as such was not an art, only the hanging of paintings is an art here. And finding those little bugs in the paintings? The SW equivalent of Where’s Waldo has been taken away.

I respect engineers, but more so those that are in it because of the process as well and not just for the result.

I don't like AI. I use it because I have to keep up, but I don't like it. It is starting to chip away at the human dignity. It does so much instead of us, and even better than us. Dehumanization of people and humanization of machines. I am sure we all know someone really old who doesn't want any help. You know why that is, don't you?

Come on, don't tell me that the majority of us are pleased with AI and its consequences. Sure it helps to make and understand things faster but was that really ever the point for us? I bet most of us are in it for the gratification when we figure out how to do something. And the longer it took, the better we felt afterwards. Why else would there be so much software in this world? Most of it is bullshit and doesn't really solve any problem worth solving. And you know it. We are stripped of the joy of programming.

No, it is not just another technology or just another tool. It is pushing the envelope. And for what? Faster shipping of bullshit? Not all progress is good progress.

I despise AI. I hope it fails somehow. If not that, I hope for regulation to take place. Regulate the m**** f****** a** out of it and all those technocrats.

Do you have a piece you want to hang in this gallery?

I have a vintige lego set and I used the hy. per. method to undo some of the yellowing. It worked great and the bricks are not brittle at all. But now I want to sell the set. I will be honest towards the buyers of course and tell them about it. How will using the hy. per. affect the price?

I am not trying to sell it here, I would just like to hear your oppinion.

I have a vintige lego set and I used the hy. per. method to undo some of the yellowing. It worked great and the bricks are not brittle at all. But now I want to sell the set. I will be honest towards the buyers of course and tell them about it. How will using the hy. per. affect the price?

I am not trying to sell it here, I would just like to hear your oppinion.

"AI is just a tool" said a man with a bulldozer to a hundred people with shovels.

Will the AI decimate the sw job market?

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