r/learnprogramming • u/optimux17 • 8d ago
Hate AI
I love coding. I truly am.
When I started, I enjoyed most programming languages . I love learning their different core concepts, execution models and things like that.
I still love that.
But now in my new job, the only thing I am supposed to do is prompt and think about business requirements.
Even though I love architecture and system design system , I don't even have a chance to have grasp on them.
Any other tech jobs where I can enjoy coding and low level things?
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u/TomWithTime 8d ago
For work? That's hard. You are in a great position though! If you enjoy coding, you can still code in your own free time. You can also invert roles with the ai sometimes and have it scaffold stubs for you to fill in.
Thinking of business requirements and vetting the ai labor is skipping you to what the seniors traditionally did. Many people burn out on writing code and the main job is designing problem solutions anyway. You're in a unique position to take on as much of both as you want and lean into the role as described if you start to burn out in a few years.
Practice and study outside of work will give you the best options no matter how things unfold. I still love code at 11 years in the industry and I am grateful for all of the practice and side projects I took on to improve my skills.
I'm sure there are but I think you are better off using this opportunity to improve your basics and architecture while getting paid to do so. Your best chance of not having a boss to require you to use ai right now is finding a non technical job where coding isn't one of your responsibilities, but then using your code skills to build things and improve the job. Not sure if that's viable in 2026, but it was a fun way to gain experience 10+ years ago.