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I'm a developer who was made redundant, and I'm now casting around for an entirely new job because, likewise, I have no interest in working with AI. It sounds b

I'm a developer who was made redundant, and I'm now casting around for an entirely new job because, likewise, I have no interest in working with AI. It sounds boring, and the concept squicks me out, to be honest.

simonw 7mo ago
Out of interest what kind of fields are you looking at? I expect there are going to be a bunch of people in similar situations to you over the next few years, I'm interested to know where they end up.
- gavinray 7mo ago
  I'm reminded of the "MongoDB is WebScale" video: as of this moment I officially resigned from my job as software engineer and will take up work on the farm shoveling pig shit and administering anal suppositories to sick horses because that will be a thousand times more tolerable than being in the same industry as dipshits like you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs
  - asciii 7mo ago
    Amazing to re-watch > "I cannot wait to castrate a 3000 pound bull as it kicks my head in" How I feel about merging an AI-generated PR these days and waiting for the issues
    - mihaelm 7mo ago
      > "You turn it on and it scales right up" is my favorite quote from the video.
- TRiG_Ireland 7mo ago
  Currently computer networking or perhaps security. Or something else. In an ideal world, I go back to college and retrain as a sign language interpreter. But I can't afford that.