Do you sleep well at night just doing what you're told by people who don't reall...

sbarre · 2025-05-21T14:26:34 1747837594

There's a whole lot of assumptions in your statement/question there, don't you think?

bluefirebrand · 2025-05-21T14:36:28 1747838188

Sorry, you are right. I was unnecessarily snarky

I read some of your other comments in this thread and I'm not sure what to make of your experience. If you've never felt mistreated or exploited in a 30 year career you are profoundly lucky to have avoided that sort of workplace

I've only been working in software for half as long, but I've never had a job that didn't feel unstable in some ways, so it seems impossible to me that you have avoided it for a career twice as long as mine

I have watched my current employer cut almost half of our employees in the past two years, with multiple rounds of layoffs

Now AI is in the picture and it feels inevitable that more layoffs will eventually come if they can figure out how to replace us with it

I do not sleep well knowing my employer would happily and immediately replace me with AI if they could

sbarre · 2025-05-21T19:03:04 1747854184

I'm sorry to hear that's been your experience.. If it helps, know that it's not like that everywhere..

I have certainly been lucky in my career, I've often acknowledged that. But I do believe luck favours the prepared, and I've worked hard for my accomplishments and to get the jobs I've had.

I'm totally with you on the uncertainty that AI is bringing. I don't think anyone can dispute that change is coming because of AI.

I do think some companies will get it right, but some will get it wrong, when it comes to how best to improve the business using those new tools.