I am aware that not everyone goes about their work with pride and passion.

My point is that if AI continues to improve perhaps people deriving enjoyment from an activity will be the only ones left engaging with it, and this seems to exclude the vast, vast majority of software developers today.

What did you expect when writing software became a job though?

A friend of a friend quit their job, made woodworking their full time job, and promptly fell out of love with woodworking.

You mean having to do something for your survival starts to suck? You don’t say!

I’ve always been more interested in getting my ideas down. AI is fantastic for this. I can get up to speed in coding projects I want to exist and with careful planning get something decent out and completed in a day.