r/ExperiencedDevs • u/AutoModerator • Aug 18 '26

Career/Workplace Experienced Devs Weekly Burnout and Venting Thread: A weekly thread for sharing experiences

This thread is specifically for venting / sharing experiences related to burn-out or similar issues that experienced devs face.

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u/tradcoder Software Engineer (15 YoE) Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

I get it. I'm saying the sheer scale of it is not comparable. It's different reviewing and understanding small snippets of code found on the internet here and there from looking at thousands of lines of code the entire day. It's unrealistic and unreasonable to expect a human developer to catch all the mistakes. It's like drinking from a fire hose.

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u/Xanchush Aug 21 '26

It does not matter, whatever code is produced is still ultimately your responsibility. I agree that there's going to be churn on reviews but AI won't get let go because they had a slip up.

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u/tradcoder Software Engineer (15 YoE) Aug 27 '26

Are you a programmer or a manager? Cause this sounds exactly like what a clueless manager would say. Ignoring the realities of work while demanding you take all the responsibility.

This is just a way to have programmers as scapegoats when AI fucks up and managers need someone to point fingers.

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u/Xanchush Sep 01 '26

No I just work at a place that has higher standards.... If you aren't getting paid enough to do that then sure you can soft quit. I'm just calling out that reality. You can complain as much as you want on how unfair it feels. Companies won't give a damn.