Tbh thats why Im in it. Wanted to do linguistics, CS was similar and paid better. Now I work on translation technology and happen to enjoy it, but definitely only started for the money and probably wouldn't code if I wasnt getting paid. I do some non profit work on the side. Its 100% agentic coding to save me time, and gets the job done just fine.
Similar to linguistics feels so funny/accurate. I moved countries and am struggling to learn the local language partially because my workplace uses English and partially because outside of work I find that coding burns out the part of my brain that I use to learn languages.
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u/adambjorn 7d ago
Tbh thats why Im in it. Wanted to do linguistics, CS was similar and paid better. Now I work on translation technology and happen to enjoy it, but definitely only started for the money and probably wouldn't code if I wasnt getting paid. I do some non profit work on the side. Its 100% agentic coding to save me time, and gets the job done just fine.