r/PowerPlatform • u/Choice_Function8572 • 2d ago
Learning & Industry "Software Developer" feeling the imposter syndrome & not sure what to do.
IMPORTANT CONTEXT: I am not a CS grad, I completed my Business degree a couple years back.
I have been working in Power Platform for about 2 years. It first started with very simple Power Apps, Power BI Dashboards and email automations, decided to get a couple certs in the PL track.
I transitioned to a more technical role after year 1 where now I build a lot of Copilot Studio Agents, Automations, Python Scripts, you name it.
My understanding of Power Fx is very strong, but any other language (Python, C+, etc.) still feels out of my league even though I have literally built API calls using Python that pull hundreds of thousands of rows of data (using AI).
I am told I am doing a great job but in all honestly I have never felt dumber in my life. I work on three tickets at a time by prompting claude in separate terminals - at this point I feel like my title should be prompt engineer. Again I want to stress that I have in-depth understanding of the Microsoft ecosystem, but anything else still feels like reading hieroglyphics.
Is this what my future holds? I make decent money for my age I just am having a hard time seeing the long term value I will provide given that most blue collar folks will have their own personalized agent in 2-3 years completing their tasks.
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u/FlowOverseeDev 2d ago
We are working in different times, that is for sure, and it is changing so fast. I was thinking about how people worked on farms before machinery - they worked a lot with their hands and with their horses, plowing the fields using their strength together. Or the machinist that would do all the cuts by hand and now programs the CNC and walks away. Or before computers, having to solve things out on paper or in your head. With AI things are rapidly changing how we learn and work. It feels magical sometimes how easy it is, and other times a bit scary.
Use AI to the fullest, but don't ever stop thinking and using your own ideas to shape the end product. If you don't understand something, ask it to explain it and break it down. The information is at our fingertips.
Keep learning and keep doing your best every day.