working in tech right now feels like every single person you had any sort of professional relationship with undergoing the worst and most self-destructive manic episodes of their lives all simultaneously, and actively disparaging you for not submitting yourself to their madness
what are we building right now? the thing the faeries told us to build. the magical faeries who live in the machine. the magical faeries who are summoning their god. the faerie god who will save us from this world. we will grow wings and fly into the sun with them. ia ia claude fhtagn
oh also if you don't enable them, you lose your home and the ability to eat :)
@AmyZenunim It's literally that Roku shit.
Jul 7, 2026, 9:38 PM@AmyZenunim instant classic
@AmyZenunim speaking as a fae, we look forward to the part of this bullshit when we finally get to kick ass and take names
@AmyZenunim (sorry for kinda messing with the overarching metaphor of your thread though. the line just kinda came to us suddenly)
Jul 12, 2026, 5:22 AM@AmyZenunim are you talking about the Mothra twins?
Jul 7, 2026, 8:28 PM@AmyZenunim i've said it before and it bears repeating, it's like the entire industry has joined a cult.
@pikhq @AmyZenunim The industry was always a cult, it was just less malignant before.
@AmyZenunim I retired last spring from 35+ years in the industry. Arguably the best decision I ever made.
@BoredomFestival @AmyZenunim
Right there with you. I miss it not.
@mtconleyuk @BoredomFestival I hate to sound rude, but I need to pay rent, so that's not an option
@AmyZenunim @mtconleyuk @BoredomFestival I’m also part of the group of people who fucked off because of this and it’s only because I had some really lucky breaks before. I feel so sad and angry for everyone who are still stuck with it.
@AmyZenunim @mtconleyuk no offense intended. I was fortunate to be in a position to make that decision.
@AmyZenunim @baldur I can't help but wonder if unionised tech workers standing with SAG-AFRA would have gone a long way to avoiding this mess.
But instead the tech workers get "My First Entrepreneur" kits and a bot army to command, but only if they do what the boss tells them.
@AmyZenunim I can't really make any of this better except to say that you're not alone in this feeling
@AmyZenunim @baldur Gawd. I feel so lucky that I have some work community that is with me in resistance. I want that for you too
@AmyZenunim I often picture this as being one of the characters in Walking Dead.
@AmyZenunim
I've been hunting for a job in the last weeks. As a non AI user, it feels like all recruiters see me as if I have been living under a rock for the last 10 years.
Jul 8, 2026, 9:02 AM@AmyZenunim
This was literally next in my feed, and I immediately thought of this solution when I saw your post.
(warning:
- long post
- substack post
)
https://thegrimhistorian.substack.com/p/has-america-crossed-the-asshole-threshold
@AmyZenunim oh, I've heard of that feeling in a historical context, that's a mass hysteria.
@AmyZenunim ☹️
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@AmyZenunim not only in tech. It has spilled to other fileds.
@AmyZenunim literally printing this out on paper right now
Jul 12, 2026, 1:50 PM@AmyZenunim The mental toll of trying to convince non-tech people to stop submitting vibe-coded MRs is palpable.
@AmyZenunim kinda…. I have said a few times “I really hate AI”, and had the other person in the convo visibly relax.