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>> If I want to keep my job I need to use it. So use it. I've been programming for 45 years, and I've found it to be a really useful tool. I'm still writing c

>> If I want to keep my job I need to use it. So use it. I've been programming for 45 years, and I've found it to be a really useful tool. I'm still writing code, still doing all the fun stuff, but I'm moving along MUCH faster than before. Mostly because when I get stuck I ask the AI questions. About the code, about the API I'm talking to and so on. In the past I remember spending days finding really obscure bugs, or reading soooo much material to try and figure out that "in this case call A before B, but in that case call A before C.". To me, it's made programming (the creative) part more fun, while removing the unfun stuff (like bug fixing.) I'm using "chat" more than agents though - The AI doesn't edit my code directly. My company doesn't really care how we use it, just as long as we use it to make ourselves faster. "Ignoring" it out of some nostalgia for the past is not helpful from an employer perspective. I certainly don't miss the pre-internet days (when you sought out programming books, and coded with a reference manual in one hand) or the even the google days where trying to do the right search lead you to some answer you could kinda interpret.

ge96 5mo ago
Yeah I use AI from Google search then I type I'm a sample piece of code. The vibe coding where you have the side panel say copilot integrated into vs code and android... Idk it's like ego I guess. Anytime somebody presents some app I'm like "wow you made that? Crazy" then it's like "no AI made it" and I'm like oh... I mean I'm gonna do it since I'm broke and can't quit right now but I am gonna leave eventually. Find another way to make money. It's not about just making money it's hopefully passion/joy of doing it. I have coworkers gloating like "I only work 10 hours a week since AI codes fo me" which is fine but I also think it's an ends to a means thing. No passion... which again is fine personal choice but not my choice for me.
- bruce511 5mo ago
  Yry and separate your sense of self worth from your job. You are not defined by your job. A job is primarily a way of adding value - you sell your time and get paid. If your job offers you more than just money that's great. But if you find your satisfaction elsewhere that's better. Jobs can come and go, nothing is guaranteed. Of course you want to do your job well. Of course you want to be the best version of yourself. But ultimately you are selling your time to your employer, it belongs to them not you. Personally I love my job. But if it ended tomorrow I'd be OK. My job is part of who I am, but I am more than just my job. I would morn it like a dead relative. But I will exist after my job is done.
  - ge96 5mo ago
    The only reason I'm concerned with the job ending is I don't have savings just poor life decisions It's crazy though what co-pilot is doing in Android Studio, it's going through hardware stuff that's beyond what I can do and I'm just typing in words. I'm getting the picture, the car still needs a driver. Yeah I need money so I'll focus on that/do well to keep the job. I can do passion on my own time.

ge96 5mo ago

Yeah I use AI from Google search then I type I'm a sample piece of code. The vibe coding where you have the side panel say copilot integrated into vs code and android... Idk it's like ego I guess. Anytime somebody presents some app I'm like "wow you made that? Crazy" then it's like "no AI made it" and I'm like oh... I mean I'm gonna do it since I'm broke and can't quit right now but I am gonna leave eventually. Find another way to make money. It's not about just making money it's hopefully passion/joy of doing it. I have coworkers gloating like "I only work 10 hours a week since AI codes fo me" which is fine but I also think it's an ends to a means thing. No passion... which again is fine personal choice but not my choice for me.

bruce511 5mo ago
Yry and separate your sense of self worth from your job. You are not defined by your job. A job is primarily a way of adding value - you sell your time and get paid. If your job offers you more than just money that's great. But if you find your satisfaction elsewhere that's better. Jobs can come and go, nothing is guaranteed. Of course you want to do your job well. Of course you want to be the best version of yourself. But ultimately you are selling your time to your employer, it belongs to them not you. Personally I love my job. But if it ended tomorrow I'd be OK. My job is part of who I am, but I am more than just my job. I would morn it like a dead relative. But I will exist after my job is done.
- ge96 5mo ago
  The only reason I'm concerned with the job ending is I don't have savings just poor life decisions It's crazy though what co-pilot is doing in Android Studio, it's going through hardware stuff that's beyond what I can do and I'm just typing in words. I'm getting the picture, the car still needs a driver. Yeah I need money so I'll focus on that/do well to keep the job. I can do passion on my own time.