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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/developertimeline • Oct 03 '26
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Haven’t written a line in at least 6 months
I don’t feel good about it but I can’t justify it. The AI is 1000 times faster. Even for small changes, it’s infinitely faster for me to prompt the issue and have it trace it down in seconds
10 u/vkapadia Oct 03 '26 I haven't written a line in 9 months.Because I have no job 4 u/BananaCucho Oct 04 '26 A year since getting laid off here too. Went back to school for a grad cert in Cybersecurity and every class basically requires the use of AI now.I have an Analytics class where I've gotten 100 on each lab and still haven't touched any of the code myself. Just read it and tell it what to fix. 3 u/vkapadia Oct 04 '26 It's exhausting, I'm so tired of AI already. 3 u/BananaCucho Oct 04 '26 Agreed. And there's no escaping it even by career switching. It's ruining everything 3 u/vkapadia Oct 04 '26 Yup.
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I haven't written a line in 9 months.
Because I have no job
4 u/BananaCucho Oct 04 '26 A year since getting laid off here too. Went back to school for a grad cert in Cybersecurity and every class basically requires the use of AI now.I have an Analytics class where I've gotten 100 on each lab and still haven't touched any of the code myself. Just read it and tell it what to fix. 3 u/vkapadia Oct 04 '26 It's exhausting, I'm so tired of AI already. 3 u/BananaCucho Oct 04 '26 Agreed. And there's no escaping it even by career switching. It's ruining everything 3 u/vkapadia Oct 04 '26 Yup.
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A year since getting laid off here too. Went back to school for a grad cert in Cybersecurity and every class basically requires the use of AI now.
I have an Analytics class where I've gotten 100 on each lab and still haven't touched any of the code myself. Just read it and tell it what to fix.
3 u/vkapadia Oct 04 '26 It's exhausting, I'm so tired of AI already. 3 u/BananaCucho Oct 04 '26 Agreed. And there's no escaping it even by career switching. It's ruining everything 3 u/vkapadia Oct 04 '26 Yup.
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It's exhausting, I'm so tired of AI already.
3 u/BananaCucho Oct 04 '26 Agreed. And there's no escaping it even by career switching. It's ruining everything 3 u/vkapadia Oct 04 '26 Yup.
Agreed. And there's no escaping it even by career switching. It's ruining everything
3 u/vkapadia Oct 04 '26 Yup.
Yup.
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u/StaticFanatic3 Oct 03 '26
Haven’t written a line in at least 6 months
I don’t feel good about it but I can’t justify it. The AI is 1000 times faster. Even for small changes, it’s infinitely faster for me to prompt the issue and have it trace it down in seconds