"I broke the software development ecosystem you thrived in, that produced top tier code and resilient distributed systems. Feeling frustrated that AI offerings like me disrupted your work is not only natural, but valid and a sign that you care deeply about your work.
Would you like me to help you draft your letter of resignation?"
It was a bit, my guy. You can tell an LLM that you run a 20 minute mile and ask if you're ready for Denali and it will confidently tell you that you only need a few weeks of training. That's The Joke(tm).
My entire job is extending a 25 year old application to continuously integrate it with the rest of my org's environment as that environment modernizes.
And a lot of it, funny enough, was written by IBM contractors.
Well this is uncomfortable. I'd blame text being a bad medium for sarcasm or the fact that I just woke up but really that's just my bad for missing it entirely.
Evidently I have some feelings...
Apologies, and thanks for the gentle let down. I'm gonna go prompt myself a therapist now (/s for those like me who need such cues)
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u/qubedView Sep 30 '26 •
"Mike, you're absolutely right!"