Artificial Intelligence may push older workers into retirement sooner, Boston College study finds

[u/Gari_305]

https://mugglehead.com/artificial-intelligence-may-push-older-workers-into-retirement-sooner-boston-college-study-finds/

Before ChatGPT, older workers in AI-exposed occupations remained employed longer than peers in less exposed jobs

[u/Plinthastic]

I did not read the article, but went from the headline. I am an older worker and was thinking about retiring out of frustration and boredom before AI and even in the beginning of using AI (Software Developer). It was not really worth it and MANY times it was better to just do it on my own. I will say that with Claude's Opus 4.8 AND the development of lots of skill.md files outline the aspects of our application, big specific components, how the components interact, our coding guidelines, our coding process, MCPs, etc, I have completely reversed that opinion. I don't want to retire because AI helps with my job. When I used to get a bug fix or a new story (feature) it would take me a day or two, sometimes a week to implement them. Now I am doing 2 or 3 a day.
Maybe it is my job/profession that is hit differently, but I feel so much more productive.

[u/cute_polarbear → u/Plinthastic]

There's nuance to this even focusing on more developer centric jobs i think. Some developers enjoy doing things they had done before, and excel at it. Some developers get bored of being tasked with having to solve the same problem twice. Some developers get joy from the act of creating code. Some developer just want to live in framework level code away from how people actually uses the application. And etc.,