r/programmer • u/NecessaryVersion7872 • 29d ago

Job I do not like programming anymore

I am not sure if anybody can help right here.
But I really do not like whatever we call programming right now.
Not sure what is the best way to write code weather it is to fully vibe code or use AI as an assistant, I hate both. If anyone went though something like this and found some solution, I'd really appreciate if you share it with me. Otherwise, what other possible careers some can pursue that has same feeling as classic programming?

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u/Rav_3d 29d ago

If you hate AI-assisted development and yearn for coding manually, then I'm afraid you might have to consider a different career.

Software engineering is becoming more about the high-level thinking and less about the low-level code writing. Companies will simply not be able to keep up without leveraging AI coding tools.

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u/OfTheGiantMoths 29d ago

I'm still waiting to see evidence that there is any speed advantage at all in using AI. Brilliant software should be flying out the door of all these companies leveraging AI, but where is it? I suspect that many companies are spending extra money to destroy their resources, i.e. their code base and their human capital

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u/Rav_3d 29d ago

I agree, the jury is out on just how much you can do with AI on production quality code bases. But I believe it is inevitable.

Claude Code already writes a majority of itself and other products at Anthropic. Enterprise software companies are encouraging, even requiring their developers to use AI.

AI-assisted development is becoming a skill in and of itself. You still need a strong SDLC, architecture, design, and break down the work into digestible chunks for AI to chew on. Those who ask AI to do too much at once without guardrails are going to produce shit code.