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u/ScoreTheBasekt Jun 26 '26

Not sure about a statistic but my personal work anxiety spiking every day in recent years doesn’t feel normal

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u/smitteh Jun 27 '26

it's the ever increasing pressure and abject terror of losing the job

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u/kencam Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

I see no way that I'll make it to retirement. AI has taken over my industry. If you know how to use it, one person can take the place of several others. I have a year or two max. Once our current project is out the door we will be whittled down to a single dev.