I will just say, if you are any good at programming and have experience using agents, you're in the top 0.1% of the world in adoption of a critical new technology.

It may seem hopeless as a programmer, but imo you'd be much better off reframing your situation re: the above sentence.

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schmookeeg 21 hours ago | parent [-]

Iunno, I feel like being born in a first world country did most of that "top 0.1% of the world" work. That sentence works the same with and without AI/LLMs.

Among peers, I feel like I am top 20%? 30%? maybe, by being a good programmer who is adept at agents. A year ago was the 0.1% point, this stuff is spreading like wildfire. A year from now I think it's going to just be de rigeur that these are our tools now.

Worse, any edge I have from working with this stuff for years is quickly dulled. The tools are evolving fast. My tricks from 3 months ago have been eclipsed.

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themgt 18 hours ago | parent [-]

"Well, in our country," said Alice, still panting a little, "you'd generally get to somewhere else—if you ran very fast for a long time, as we've been doing."

"A slow sort of country!" said the Queen. "Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"

	▲	tavavex 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe if only you ran a little faster, you'd outpace the rapid advancement of automation! There's fewer jobs now? Malnourish yourself until you're a running skeleton to get that speed advantage. More people competing for the same opportunities? You can't afford breaks anymore, just run, day and night, doesn't matter where, move. Thousands of people still outpacing than you despite all this? A true self-starter strives to dedicate their whole life, their existence to competition, you must give everything short of death to reach the coveted peaks of temporary employment. Is this the world you're excited to be living in?