3 ms·
Time and time again, I remind myself to follow the running away from the bear strategy, especially when I'm pessimistic about my career and future. Just like y
by serial_dev 2y ago
Time and time again, I remind myself to follow the running away from the bear strategy, especially when I'm pessimistic about my career and future.
Just like you don't need to be able to outrun the bear, it's enough to outrun your friend, it's okay to be theoretically replaceable by AI, as long as I'm not the most obvious person to be replaced (at least that's what I tell myself).
Companies move slowly, I just hope they move slowly enough for me to provide a good life for my family as a software developer.
This is a motivating and least depressive outlook on the future, as it encourages me to learn things better, and that feels good for me.
I have many thought on AI, sometimes excited, sometimes frustrated, sometimes worried, but I didn't see this idea phrased like this before, so thought Id share it.
- celdon25 2y agoDo more than you think you will need to do. The economy for software engineer hiring is changing rapidly and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future for reasons independent of AI. I got shaken out quickly (but am planning an epic comeback). The math doesn’t work out favorably so being ambitious is probably a good idea. But if things get too advanced then it also gets easier to automate an entire company, and enough automation means more viability for solo ventures. That ambition comes in handy there as well
- hinkley 2y agoIf you run away from a brown bear, they'll chase you and your friend stuck in Freeze-or-Fawn will outlive you. So the question is, is AI a brown bear or a black bear? Is it better to let everyone else run around screaming and stand still, or to book it?
- Retr0id 2y agoWhat if there are 10 friends and 9 bears?