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Sorry to dissapoint but “writing code” or “programming” per se was never a goal to begin with. It was and is just an obstacle, a mean to an end at best. Theref

Sorry to dissapoint but “writing code” or “programming” per se was never a goal to begin with. It was and is just an obstacle, a mean to an end at best. Therefore it’s not AI fault that you built your identity on sand. The goal had always been - delivering value, solving problems. How about building your identity around that and see what happens? In this context AI is nothing but good news, with proper attitude and skill it helps achieving the goal better, faster.

dofm 1mo ago
> Sorry to dissapoint but […] > Therefore it’s not AI fault that you built your identity on sand. I mean it is a pretty disappointing comment, so you're absolutely not wrong on one axis at least. But you might consider reading the submission well enough to manage something less thoughtless and belittling.
bah9 1mo ago
"The goal had always been" - who's goal? Company? Employee? Humanity? I didn't get your point. I enjoyed certain type of work and now it's dead. I still can be relevant doing much less enjoyable work. >In this context AI is nothing but good news, with proper attitude and skill it helps achieving the goal better, faster. It is good news if you are in a lower spectrum of technical literacy. What AI did is significantly lower requirement for hard skills for problem solving. Before AI gap between smart and experienced dev and smart junior was gigantic, not it is almost non-existing. If you consider yourself good programmer, you are now way less valuable
- aristofun 1mo ago
  > who's goal? Who do you think created the discipline? Why? Who invested their resources and capital in its development? Why? You can downvote me ad much as you can, but it doesn’t make you a special techincally enlightened cookie. And this wouldn’t magically make programming an art form (ad many of people like you mistakenly think). It was always a trade, not designed to be enjoyed or have fun about (that happens accidentally every now and then). But even if you consider it an art form, form of expressing identity, individuality - you are free to do that as much as you like. And I would be truly happy for you. But don’t be naive and arrogant to consider yourself smart vs them dumb juniors. And to be resentful about genuine technological progress in the field.

dofm 1mo ago

> Sorry to dissapoint but […] > Therefore it’s not AI fault that you built your identity on sand. I mean it is a pretty disappointing comment, so you're absolutely not wrong on one axis at least. But you might consider reading the submission well enough to manage something less thoughtless and belittling.

bah9 1mo ago

"The goal had always been" - who's goal? Company? Employee? Humanity? I didn't get your point. I enjoyed certain type of work and now it's dead. I still can be relevant doing much less enjoyable work. >In this context AI is nothing but good news, with proper attitude and skill it helps achieving the goal better, faster. It is good news if you are in a lower spectrum of technical literacy. What AI did is significantly lower requirement for hard skills for problem solving. Before AI gap between smart and experienced dev and smart junior was gigantic, not it is almost non-existing. If you consider yourself good programmer, you are now way less valuable

aristofun 1mo ago
> who's goal? Who do you think created the discipline? Why? Who invested their resources and capital in its development? Why? You can downvote me ad much as you can, but it doesn’t make you a special techincally enlightened cookie. And this wouldn’t magically make programming an art form (ad many of people like you mistakenly think). It was always a trade, not designed to be enjoyed or have fun about (that happens accidentally every now and then). But even if you consider it an art form, form of expressing identity, individuality - you are free to do that as much as you like. And I would be truly happy for you. But don’t be naive and arrogant to consider yourself smart vs them dumb juniors. And to be resentful about genuine technological progress in the field.