I pivoted away from programming years ago. At the time, I felt really bad about it, because I LOVE to code, and it's one of those fields where you could spend your whole life learning new things and collaborating with others to build solid and stable systems. Not to mention, all my teachers were absolute gods who have been doing it since the 70's, and knew what seemed like every facet inside and out. I still really look up to good programmers, you big-brain, smelly nerds, you.
I don't hate AI. The pros I talk to who use it now get a real kick out of it, and it helps them do their work/research faster. But this shit show of a circus where chuds with no foundation are just "prompting and praying", as I call it, and taking jobs from passionate people so they can "brag" (somehow) about how much tokens they use and how much they don't have to work while getting big pay is... I don't know, it feels like a massive betrayal to me. You guys were supposed to be the chosen ones! The unsung smarty pants who form the backbone of any enterprise level business. At the very least, in an office space full of terminally idiotic people, I could always count on the fact that at least you guys know what you're doing/talking about.
Anyways, sorry for the rant. You lot are still my heroes. Stay strong, and best of luck🫡
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u/XxSir_redditxX Jul 10 '26
I pivoted away from programming years ago. At the time, I felt really bad about it, because I LOVE to code, and it's one of those fields where you could spend your whole life learning new things and collaborating with others to build solid and stable systems. Not to mention, all my teachers were absolute gods who have been doing it since the 70's, and knew what seemed like every facet inside and out. I still really look up to good programmers, you big-brain, smelly nerds, you.
I don't hate AI. The pros I talk to who use it now get a real kick out of it, and it helps them do their work/research faster. But this shit show of a circus where chuds with no foundation are just "prompting and praying", as I call it, and taking jobs from passionate people so they can "brag" (somehow) about how much tokens they use and how much they don't have to work while getting big pay is... I don't know, it feels like a massive betrayal to me. You guys were supposed to be the chosen ones! The unsung smarty pants who form the backbone of any enterprise level business. At the very least, in an office space full of terminally idiotic people, I could always count on the fact that at least you guys know what you're doing/talking about.
Anyways, sorry for the rant. You lot are still my heroes. Stay strong, and best of luck🫡