@utopify_org That's the equivalent of saying you always wanted to run a marathon, and today you had the illusion of accomplishing one because you took the bus to go to the finish line.
Well, if it's enough for your feeling of self-accomplishment... ¯\(ツ)/¯
That's the problem. It didn't give me any feeling of self-accomplishment.
It gave me a short dopamine hit, because seeing the software I always wanted, gave me a good feeling and all I had to do, was to describe it as good as possible.
But the dopamine hit was as short as the one people get from doomscrolling on social media.
And I am worried people who use ai-agents will end exactly like those people. They need more and more and more.
I don't know how to describe it, but I try: There is no humane part, no soul, no passion and no satisfation. I don't even wanted to understand what ai wrote there, how it solved things, etc. It's not interesting… the result was just the thing, what "kicked in". And just for a short time.
Your comparision with a marathon is good, but I think it fits better if the result can be seen directly, like art (what you are doing). In sofware development, most of the work can't be seen from outside, e.g. everything what is back-end (servers). You will never see the work of the most important software developers, which do security stuff, secure your data in the cloud, make it harder for hackers, etc. And not only this, there is even code on your device, you can't see, like Algorithms, which do stuff in the background. All you can see is front-end stuff. Designers, who put some buttons on your screen. That's all. Humans never appreciate what they can't see, but they can see art.
Art stays, software development will be taken over by ai.
My job as a software developer is history. No company pays me to be a software developer in a few years. They will only pay prompters, because they will be much much much cheaper than me and have a much higher output than me.
I try not to be a Luddite who fights against the looms. I am the weaver who is learning to use the looms.
It's a surviving strategy, not a love song to ai.
@utopify_org I totally understand, take care of yourself, I know the time are complex :blobcatheart:
I totally get that an industry is changing, and many work positions will be transformed to be "AI Shepherds". My reply was mostly a reminder for you to take care of your dreams, and sens of accomplishment, even on the little personal time budget aside the AI/Professional thing.
That's how you'll keep being a Software Developer.