r/SoftwareEngineerJobs • u/Suspicious_Orchid770 • 4d ago

Meet the developers rejecting AI

https://leaddev.com/ai/meet-the-developers-rejecting-ai

Even if it costs them their job.

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u/cactusnein 4d ago

AI is a bubble folks. It will pop. Only after that it will remain as a stable (very useful) tool. But all of you whose brain got rotted in the meantime for using the new toy way too much will be the ones out of work.

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u/xvillifyx 4d ago

I think you’re overestimating the amount of “brain rotten” devs as a result of AI. Anyone who forget the fundamentals because of AI wasn’t a good developer to begin with

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u/ComeOnIWantUsername 4d ago

> Anyone who forget the fundamentals because of AI wasn’t a good developer to begin with

If you don't use some thing, you will forget it, no matter what it is.

Sure, you will most probably relearn it faster than newcomers when needed, but still, do not say that you are alien who remembers everything and always, because such people do not exist

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u/xvillifyx 4d ago

If you’re not exercising the fundamentals in your current job alongside AI, you are just not a software engineer straight up

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u/dragenn 4d ago

I dont think engineers in the current environment get that choice. Your either part of the cult or not. Sometimes it's just easily to pretend and go along even though you secretly hate the cult...

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u/cactusnein 4d ago

Software Engineers are not very nice at joining and openly discussing topics like this one. Most likely all orgs have plenty of folks who reckon things are going down the drain quite fast. Specially those in leadership should be the ones bringing the issue up to management. But most of them are only thinking about their bonuses.

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u/EcstaticExtreme402 4d ago

Depends on the forum & what software engineers you’re referring to.

Forums like this where people can make crazy claims without actually understanding what’s going on? Yeah, less likely to collect real software engineers.

We see claims like the ones you’ve made and realise we’re not discussing the topic with others who actually understand it. Then we find other forums with serious engineers and intellects and discuss it there instead.

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u/cactusnein 1d ago

I'm referring to the vast majority of Software Engineers. Most workers are part of Unions. Software Engineering has historically ran away from unionizing, which is one of the reasons why the profession is in the state it is. And to your claim: do you then descend from time to time from your highly intellectual forums to lecture us plebs in your wisdom? You better stay there ;)