It's not clear, based on personal experience, how long - if it all - the software development field will value devs who actually enjoy the work. Most people I know are producing mostly AI work and there's an obvious skill decline that's resulted from it. 1/?
But does it matter if your boss doesn't care? Or if their boss doesn't care? If the paychecks keep coming who cares? What's the point of choosing the mountain if the "joy" just means more hours on screen that could have been spent elsewhere? 2/?
I got into doing dev work, because I thought it was fun to learn and do and I genuinely enjoyed hanging out with others who felt the same. Now, more than ever, I realize how few people feel the same. And, now - more than ever, I realize that no on cares if I feel that way. 3/?
Bosses and their bosses care more about tickets moved and LoC written than quality or knowledgeable employees. 4/4
It never did. Before AI people did webslop in node.js, before that people were slopping in Java. AI changes surprisingly little.
Only if you buy into the narrative that AI is "just another layer of abstraction." Which of course, it isn't.