Moral of your story.

Each and everyone of us is able to write their own story, and come up with their own 'Moral'.

Settling for less (if AI is a productivity booster, which is debatable) doesn't equal being screwed. There is wisdom in reaching your 'enough' point.

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raw_anon_1111 2 hours ago | parent [-]

If you look at the current hiring trends and how much longer it is taking developers to get jobs these days, a mid level ticket taker is definitely screwed between a flooded market, layoffs and AI.

By definition, this is the worse AI coding will ever be and it’s pretty good now.

	▲	AloysB 22 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I am really not convinced yet. From all the data I have seen, the software industry is poised for a lot more growth in the foreseeable future. I wonder if we are experiencing a local minima, on a longer upward trend. Those that do find a job in a few days aren't online to write about it, so based on what is online we are lead to believe that it's all doom and gloom. We also come out of a silly growth period where anyone who could sort a list and build a button in React would get hired. My point is not that AI-coding is to be avoided at all costs, it's more about taming the fear-mongering of "you must use AI or will fall behind". I believe it's unfounded - use it as much or as little as you feel the need to. P.S.: I do think that for juniors it's currently harder and require intentional efforts to land that first job - but that is the case in many other industries. It's not impossible, but it won't come on a silver plate like it did 5-7 years ago.